A new study suggests that cloud-to-ground lightning might have been key in creating the building blocks essential for life on Earth from nitrogen and carbon. In Earth's early days, comets, asteroids ...

For decades, scientists have theorized that volcanic lightning on an early Earth played a crucial role in kickstarting life on the planet by breaking molecules into useful, biological components. A ...

Artist's concept of lightning strikes in Jupiter's northern hemisphere, with the blackness of space in the background. Lightning crackles to life and evolves on Jupiter the same way as it does on ...

The scientific community has been electrified by this new theory. The inception of life on Earth may have been the result of chemical reactions sparked by lightning strikes, a new study from Harvard ...

Lightning strikes link weather on Earth and weather in space After Explorer 1 launched, though, they noticed that their instrument was detecting significantly higher levels of radiation than expected.

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A new model may have finally solved where storm clouds get their missing energy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The energy ...

Lightning crackles in a stepwise fashion on both worlds, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Lightning crackles to ...