Earth might be creating microscopic lightning bolts—and this electrical phenomenon could have sparked the chemistry of life ...
Study discovered that tiny electrical sparks, called microlightning, form when water droplets collide. These can create ...
Newly published research shows how lightning over shipping lanes dropped by half almost overnight after the regulations went ...
Shao and the team wanted to answer a question that has perplexed scientists — how lightning starts during a thunderstorm.
Experiments show that those small electrical charges can trigger the chemical reactions necessary to form organic molecules.
Researchers from Stanford University believe their new theory debunks the idea that a massive lightning strike in our ...
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 ...
A mesmerizing new visualization of ocean currents from NASA has been compared to the Starry Night painting of Van Gogh.