So why do so many life-forms breathe oxygen? There are probably thousands of kinds of metabolisms, or chemical processes that ...

Nitrogen is an important component of many ... but releases a lot of energy (to pump protons) when it is fed electrons one at a time," Lane told Live Science in an email. So it seems oxygen ...

To help find solutions to the planet's climate crisis, MIT Associate Professor Daniel Suess is looking to Earth's ancient ...

Researchers from Stanford University believe their new theory debunks the idea that a massive lightning strike in our planet's early oceans provided the spark for living molecules to form.

The phenomenon of the northern lights is a result of the sun's constant emission of charged particles, such as electrons and protons, known as solar wind. Traveling at speeds of about a million miles ...

According to NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center, a fast, energetic flow of solar particles is about to sweep past Earth.

these particles—mostly electrons and protons—travel to Earth and get trapped by its magnetic field. Funneled toward the poles, they collide with nitrogen and oxygen in the upper atmosphere ...

Colourful Northern Lights have been spotted over the UK and the Met Office says they could've visible for days. A ...