VOLCANOES MAY HAVE PROVIDED SPARKS AND CHEMISTRY FOR FIRST LIFE
October 16, 2008
October 16, 2008
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- NASA's Earth Observatory division issued the following press release:
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 17.
"Historically, you don't get many experiments that might be more famous than the . . .
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 17.
"Historically, you don't get many experiments that might be more famous than the . . .