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[Interview] How Did Early Earth Get The Ingredients for Life
42 minutes Posted Dec 10, 2023 at 9:00 pm.
Intro
Why the mystery?
Traditional ideas
Comets
Delivery mechanism
Why not on Earth
How often can comets come in
What evidence can we have
Current obsessions
Final thoughts and more interviews
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We still don't know how did life start on Earth. But in order to do so, Earth had to have all the building blocks for life, such as organic molecules. How could they get to Earth? Looking for a solution to this problem with Dr Richard Anslow.
🎙️ More interviews:
Finding exoplanets via magnetospheres: https://youtu.be/p1PnoSoH0ys
Direct imaging of exoplanets: https://youtube.com/live/aMPz1pSeDyo?feature=share
📜 Can comets deliver prebiotic molecules to rocky exoplanets?
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2023.0434
👉 Dr Richard Anslow's website
https://richard17a.github.io/
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