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.

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

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 ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, which showed discoveries about life and the early solar ...

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

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

The research, conducted by scientists at Stanford University, demonstrates that when water droplets collide and form spray, ...

The research that gave rise to the dark oxygen discovery was partly funded by a Canadian deep-sea mining business, The Metals ...

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

A new documentary is causing a stir by asserting the presence of alien life on Earth and claiming a US government effort to ...

Life on Earth may have originated from microlightning that triggered the formation of waterfalls and ocean waves, according ...