A new study suggests that microscopic lightning bolts—called microlightning—within water droplets may have helped forge the ...

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 ...

What to do if you are caught outside in a lightning storm. If you are outside when a storm approaches, the safest thing to do ...

A new study adds another angle to the much-disputed Miller-Urey hypothesis, which argues that life on the planet emerged from ...

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

National Weather Service data showed lightning strikes all over the region, from off the coast to deep into eastern ...

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

One of the most enduring ideas is that lightning strikes could have provided that spark. The seminal 1952 Miller-Urey experiment sent jolts of electricity through a flask of water and gases ...

Lightning can injure a tree in many ways but it doesn't have to mean the end. Here's what you should look for and some tips ...