New research suggests “microlightning” exchanges among water droplets in Earth’s early atmosphere may have sparked the ...

Yet despite the drumbeat of evidence, we still know of just one planet in the cosmos with life — the one you’re standing on.

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

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

Large soda lakes may have provided the high phosphorus levels needed for life to begin on Earth, offering a new explanation ...

Barry Wilmore said that astronauts, NASA and Boeing need to spend time analyzing the Starliner mission to improve future ...

After nine months in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are readjusting to Earth life with dog walks and ...

A group of researchers including scientists of the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo have ...

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

The event, which was held at the Bunkyo Civic Center in the Bunkyo Ward of Tokyo, featured the themes of the earth as seen ...

Perhaps the falling of water, the most crucial element that sustains us, also played a greater role in the origin of life on Earth than we previously recognized.” Mindy Weisberger is a science ...