Aid to the Formation of Life on Earth
| By The Cosmos
Most of Earth’s essential elements for life — including most of the carbon and nitrogen in you — probably came from another planet.
Earth most likely received the bulk of its carbon, nitrogen and other life-essential volatile elements from the planetary collision that created the moon more than 4.4 billion years ago, according to a new study by Rice University petrologists in the journal Science Advances…[read more]
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