New evidence that comets could have seeded life on Earth
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 13:30
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —It's among the most ancient of questions: What are the origins of life on Earth? A new experiment simulating conditions in deep space reveals that the complex building blocks of life could have been created on icy interplanetary dust and then carried to Earth, jump-starting life.