While previous studies say volcanic or atmospheric lightning may have triggered chemical reactions that created organic ...

The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled by tiny sparks hopping between water droplets.

We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

Research suggests that microlightning from water droplets, rather than large lightning strikes, may have triggered life’s ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...

The Miller-Urey hypothesis is based on a famous 1952 experiment in which researchers successfully formed these organic ...

Life on Earth may have been kickstarted by 'microlightning ... adding that crashing waves or waterfalls appear to be the true origins of life.

A new source of nitrogen has been discovered. Researchers from RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau in southwestern Germany ...

Penn State researchers propose that Earth and life have evolved together in a way that is more typical of life-supporting ...

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams and her fellow three crewmates, including Butch Wilmore, finally touched down on Earth after ...