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

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

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

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

From the grounds of a gas-fired power plant on the eastern shores of Canada, a little-known company is pumping a slurry of minerals into the ocean in the name of stopping climate change. Whether it’s ...

A study of ancient stromatolites reveals that ammonium reservoirs in early Earth's oceans, likely influenced by volcanic activity, may have supported microbial life before the Great Oxidation Event.

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

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

Imagine the world’s oceans with their beautiful blue color. Now, imagine that the same oceans were green. This is the intriguing possibility suggested by new research from Nagoya University in Japan.

Yet many scientists have argued conditions on the early Earth would have made for acidic oceans, until processes driven by plate tectonics changed oceanic chemistry. “To understand the origin of ...

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 ...