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

Scientists are confident Mars was once abundant with water, as seen in massive flood-carved channels, ancient river valleys, ...

Like straight out of Julio Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth, scientists from Northwestern University and the ...

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

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

Four billion years ago, Earth was a chaotic, lifeless world — a fiery hell with spewing volcanoes and meteorite impacts ...

A study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have ...