How did the building blocks of life arrive on Earth? Zinc fingerprints in meteorites offer clues - Peer2Peer

How did the building blocks of life arrive on Earth? Zinc fingerprints in meteorites offer clues

Oct 11, 2024

Researchers have used the chemical fingerprints of zinc contained in meteorites to determine the origin of volatile elements on Earth. The results suggest that without 'unmelted' asteroids, there may not have been enough of these compounds on Earth for life to emerge.

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-blocks-life-earth-zinc-fingerprints.html

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