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

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

For centuries, scientists have puzzled over how life began on Earth. Many have supported the idea that a powerful lightning ...

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 ...

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

Life on Earth may not have begun with a big lightning strike in the ocean, as scientists once thought. Instead, tiny electric sparks from crashing waves and waterfalls—called “microlightning”—might ...

Dr. Frankenstein might not have needed a lightning bolt to bring his monster to life after all. A new study from Stanford ...

Study discovered that tiny electrical sparks, called microlightning, form when water droplets collide. These can create ...

but the tiny sparks made by crashing waves or waterfalls that jump-started life on this planet. "On early Earth, there were water sprays all over the place—into crevices or against rocks ...

A new study adds another angle to the much-disputed Miller-Urey hypothesis, which argues that life on the planet emerged from ...