Volcanoes may have provided sparks and chemistry for first life
Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 19:07
in Physics & Chemistry
The Bada Lab at Scripps holds the original samples used by Stanley Miller to study the origins of life. Lightning and gases from volcanic eruptions could have given rise to the first life on Earth, according to a new analysis of samples from a classic origin-of-life experiment by NASA and university researchers. The NASA-funded result is the subject of a paper in Science appearing October 16.