New microlightning research out of Stanford adds a "striking" twist to an existing theory about how life may have originated ...

Is Ranch Dressing a Liquid or a Solid? Imagine you’re sitting down for dinner. You pick up a bottle of ranch dressing, flip it upside down, and expect it to pour onto your plate. But nothing happens.

Curiosity found large organic molecules in a 2013 Mars rock sample. These fragments suggest Mars had the right chemistry for ...

A new type of golf ball with a special "water-loving" coating could answer the prayers of every amateur hack - and even some ...

The Mars Curiosity rover’s onboard mini-lab has helped confirm the existence of the largest organic molecules ever found on ...

Supercritical water, a mysterious state where water behaves like both a liquid and gas, has long puzzled scientists.

The condition of the grass on a golf course can drastically skew the chances of a winning putt regardless of a player's skill. Now, a coating that soaks up water molecules could slow the roll of a ...

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

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, have shed light on the structure of supercritical water. In this state, which ...

“Microelectric discharges between oppositely charged water microdroplets make all the organic molecules observed ... striking into the ocean and interacting with early planet gases like methane ...

According to a new study, clues may lurk in the Milky Way's Central Molecular Zone, a vast region of hydrogen molecules surrounding our galaxy's center. It constitutes about 85 percent of matter in ...