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Aug 7, 2024 · Scientists have long sought to discover the key factors that enabled the planet’s chemistry to change enough to form and sustain life. Now, new research zeroes in on how lightning strikes may have served as a vital spark, transforming the atmosphere of early Earth into a hotbed of chemical activity.
Mar 16, 2021 · Life on Earth may have begun with a flash of lightning. No, an errant thunderbolt didn't literally animate the world's first microbes (sorry, Dr. Frankenstein). But according to a new study ...
Aug 1, 2024 · A 1952 experiment by scientists Harold Urey and Stanley Miller found that lightning can jumpstart chemical reactions that, eventually lead to organic chemistry: the types of molecules that...
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Mar 17, 2021 · Researchers said on Tuesday that lightning strikes during the first billion years after the planet's formation roughly 4.5 billion years ago may have freed up phosphorus required for the...
Mar 17, 2021 · A new study published in Nature Communications suggests lightning may have been a key component in making phosphorus available for organisms to use when life on Earth first appeared by about 3.5...
Mar 16, 2021 · Stephen Moshier. Life on Earth, so far as researchers have been able to discern, originated more than 3.5 billion years ago. That’s a difficult time to study, with rocks that old being...
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Mar 30, 2021 · Bottom line: Lightning strikes – perhaps a quintillion of them, occurring over a billion years – might have provided sparks of life for the early Earth by unlocking phosphorus, says new...
