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 ...

Zare’s team demonstrated the existence of micro-lightning, very small electricity discharges that occur between tiny droplets ...

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the solar system was just getting started, a Mars-size protoplanet named Theia ...

A new study by Rice University researchers Sho Shibata and Andre Izidoro presents a compelling new model for the formation of ...

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should ...

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long ...

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

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

Water might have formed much earlier than previously thought. Computer simulations show supernovae produced significant ...