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

For the first time, scientists have characterized a promethium coordination complex, advancing the understanding of ...

This suggests the distinctive chemical signature of our continents was established at the very beginning of Earth’s history.

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

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 ...

Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.

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

The study, published in the journal Science Advances ... its formation, Earth is believed to have had a swirl of chemicals but almost no organic molecules with carbon-nitrogen bonds, which ...

The opposite is true if we want to make new bonds. Energy is released when new chemical bonds are formed, so bond making is an exothermic process. Breaking or making the same chemical bond will ...

A study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical ... in Earth's early atmosphere can lead to the formation of organic molecules with carbon-nitrogen bonds, including ...