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for answers to the origins of life on Earth in the primeval era is of great interest to science.
According to the latest research published in the journal Nature Communications, lightning strikes the Earth in primeval times have released a quantity of phosphorus buried deep in rock formations capable of sparking life. Scientists estimate that life on Earth was about 3.5 billion to 4,500 million years ago.
Phosphorus is an essential element that can be found in every cell of living organisms because it is a component of the basic cellular structures of the body such as the double helix structure of DNA, cell wall (RNA) and energy molecules (ATP).
Early scientists believed that the primeval phosphorus was locked in strata and insoluble. Which is why Much of the theory of the origin of life on Earth focuses solely on a meteorite that strikes the Earth. Because these meteorites contain the mineral Shrybeite. (Schreibersite), which contains phosphorus as an element.
However, these ideas began to change as research from Nature Communications indicated that the lightning strikes the land at the time of the lightning were so hot that they could melt the rock. This phenomenon produces a type of crystal called a fulgurite. It is interesting to note that the Shryberite element is water soluble, so the phosphorus constituents in the Shryberite can seep into the earth and the ocean. Can finally light up life
Researchers at the US and England found that the world in the early days An estimated 1 billion to 5 billion lightning occurs annually. More than 560 million times a year than in modern times. And if you consider the number of lightning strikes in ancient times, every 1,000 million years, one would be a trillion strikes in total, or one followed by 18 zeros. Million units containing elemental elements of life
The study's author pointed out, Benjamin Hesse, a student of Earth and planetary sciences at Yale University. In the usa Explained to the Reuters news agency of England that Meteorites that hit the Earth are less common than lightning strikes and decline over time, so lightning is one of the most important mechanisms that unlock phosphorus and help rebuild life on Earth in the early days.
To confirm the theory Another research author Professor Jason Harvey from the University of Leeds In england Examined the unusually large full gourite that occurred after lightning in Chicago. In Illinois in 2016, he stressed that lightning was an important natural phenomenon that helped bring about life, which many people may not be as interested in as other theories.
However, Benjamin Hesse of Yale University. He said his and Professor Harvey's theories are as important as the main theory that life is born from the impact of a meteorite hitting the Earth. By reasoning that The more phosphorus is released. Either way It increases the chances of sparking life on earth. Only more
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