June 5, 2013 — Early Earth was
not very hospitable when it came to jump starting life. In fact, new
research shows that life on Earth may have come from out of this world.
Synthesis
of prebiotic hydrocarbons in impacts of simple icy mixtures on early
Earth. (Credit: Image courtesy of DOE/Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory)
Comets contain a variety of simple molecules, such as water, ammonia, methanol and carbon dioxide, and an impact event with a planetary surface would provide an abundant supply of energy to drive chemical reactions.
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Sources: U.S. Department of Energy/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, ScienceDaily.com .
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