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Asteroids may have nurtured seeds of life

The chemical building blocks that make life possible on Earth may have aged to perfection in asteroids, according to a new study.

 

Lightning may have sparked start of life

Lightning may have sparked start of life

Scientists say mineral deposits created by lightning strikes are full of rare forms of phosphorus that may have been crucial in getting life started billions of years ago.

 

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