A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

In a nutshell Water droplets create “microlightning” when they split, producing electrical discharges without any external ...

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

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 ...

Living organisms need nitrogen as a central building block for protein formation, for example. However, although our ...

Newly analyzed fossil skeleton of Mixodectes pungens reveals its tree-dwelling lifestyle, dietary habits, and ties to ...

New research reveals that hydrothermal vents provided early Earth with abundant nitrogen, challenging previous theories.

A study of ancient stromatolites reveals that ammonium reservoirs in early Earth's oceans, likely influenced by volcanic ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 million years after its formation.

Earth was so cold at the time that the oceans were frozen all ... all of which may have contributed to the early development ...

At 2:26 a.m. on Friday, the moon enters into the total eclipse − known as totality. At this point, the only light from the ...

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 ...