Life on Earth had to begin somewhere, and scientists think that “somewhere” is LUCA—or the Last Universal Common Ancestor.

New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

Earth was so cold at the time that the oceans ... all of which may have contributed to the early development of life, the University of Portsmouth said in a release. Kirkland said the research ...

Scientists have discovered evidence that Earth's oceans were once green, hinting that this could be a marker of early life, ...

Large soda lakes - those without natural runoff - could have built and sustained extremely high concentrations of phosphorus.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

A group of researchers including scientists of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo have ...

New research suggests tiny electrical charges in water droplets could have fueled the chemical reactions that led to life.