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

Research suggests that microlightning from water droplets, rather than large lightning strikes, may have triggered life’s ...

The Miller-Urey hypothesis is based on a famous 1952 experiment in which researchers successfully formed these organic molecules by applying an electrical current to a mixture of water and Earth’s ...

Instead, it may have started with tiny “micro lightning” sparks generated between water droplets from crashing waves or waterfalls. This fascinating new perspective comes from Stanford University ...

Life's building blocks may not have been crafted in the lightning flashes of a tempest, a new study suggests, so much as in ...

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

Scientists say that in order for life to emerge, Earth needs organic compounds which include nitrogen and carbon. However, ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...