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

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

Nearly three-fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese ...

Deep soils vital for life host an active new microbial phylum, CSP1-3. These microbes may be key to innovative water ...

H2O. An almost negligible proportion of a few per million consists of "heavy water," in which the hydrogen atoms (H) are ...

"On early Earth, there were water sprays all over ... "We usually think of water as so benign, but when it's divided in the form of little droplets, water is highly reactive," he said.

Water is essential to life, yet its true origin on Earth still stirs debate. Scientists have long wondered whether it came ...

Four billion years ago, Earth was a lifeless world ... but when it's divided in the form of little droplets, water is highly reactive," said Zare in a statement. His lab studies chemical reactions ...

Saturn’s largest moon might not be the barren world it seems. Beneath Titan’s icy crust lies a vast ocean of liquid ...

Zare’s team demonstrated the existence of micro-lightning, very small electricity discharges that occur between tiny droplets ...

But real lightning would have struck infrequently—and mostly in open ocean, where organic compounds would have quickly ...

The Medusae Fossae Formation of Mars has ice deposits over 2 miles deep, potentially providing vital water resources for ...