The chemical element sulfur is essential for all lifeforms and is a building block of proteins and amino acids. By studying ...

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

Life could have the time and energy to arise and prosper on Earth-like worlds in the rapidly shrinking "Goldilocks zones" ...

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

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

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are back on Earth, but their journey isn’t over—they must now physically ...

New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

All life on Earth can be traced back to a Last Universal Common Ancestor, or LUCA—and it likely lived on Earth only 400 ...

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 ...

A 28-year-old man is facing charges in connection to the stabbing death of a gas station employee early Tuesday morning.