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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges ...

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 ...

New research from Stanford University shows that water sprayed into ... that lightning striking into the ocean and interacting with early planet gases like methane, ammonia, and hydrogen could ...

A study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause ... lightning striking into the ocean and interacting with early planet gases like methane, ammonia, and hydrogen could create ...