In their view, inorganic molecules might have reacted due to energy from the Sun or lightning strikes to form life’s building ...

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

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 ...

One famous experiment conducted in 1952 by American chemists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey provided a possible explanation: ...

Researchers from Stanford University believe their new theory debunks the idea that a massive lightning strike in our planet's early oceans provided the spark for living molecules to form.

Berry has called for the implementation of ‘Zane’s Law’ into national legislation with the aim of stepping up funding for ...

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

Forget the dramatic lightning strike – life may have started with countless tiny sparks from crashing water droplets! Scientists found that when mist and sprays collide, they generate microlightning ...