For nearly 12 years, NASA's Curiosity rover has been actively collecting samples from the surface of Mars and continuously making groundbreaking discoveries. The recent findings related to the properties of the organic material present on the red planet have challenged the existing knowledge of scientists on both Mars and Earth.

Organic material found on Mars by Curiosity rover may reveal clues to life on Earth

In a fresh analysis of the ancient rare crystals - which were embedded in the rock present in the Australian outback - the scientists said that Earth had fresh water and dry land some four billion years ago.

Rare crystals reveal when Earth first had fresh water, hinting at origin of life

The 'Last Chance Lake' in Canada's British Columbia province contains the highest levels of concentrated phosphate ever recorded in any natural body of water on Earth.

Canada's Last Chance Lake may hold secret to Earth's first chance at life: Study

A theory suggests that when life first emerged on Earth roughly four billion years ago, it looked like a volcanic landscape devoid of flora and fauna rather than an ocean setting.

A shallow, salty lake in Canada may have an explanation for the origin of life on Earth