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  2. History of research into the origin of life - Wikipedia

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    [23] [24] This gave a mechanism by which life diversified from a few simple organisms to a variety of complex forms. Today, scientists agree that all current life descends from earlier life, which has become progressively more complex and diverse through Charles Darwin's mechanism of evolution by natural selection.

  3. Panspermia - Wikipedia

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    In 1903, Svante Arrhenius proposed radiopanspermia, the theory that singular microscopic forms of life can be propagated in space, driven by the radiation pressure from stars. [31] This is the mechanism by which light can exert a force on matter.

  4. Pseudo-panspermia - Wikipedia

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    Pseudo-panspermia (sometimes called soft panspermia, molecular panspermia or quasi-panspermia) is a well-supported hypothesis for a stage in the origin of life.The theory first asserts that many of the small organic molecules used for life originated in space (for example, being incorporated in the solar nebula, from which the planets condensed).

  5. A giant, ancient meteor four times the size of Mount Everest ...

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    A giant meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and may have sparked life, scientists reveal. A giant, ancient meteor four times the size of ...

  6. Giant meteorite that hit Earth 3 billion years ago may have ...

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    Harvard researchers found that when a meteorite nicknamed S2 paid a visit to our planet 3 billion years ago, it may have helped life flourish.

  7. Ancient meteorite was 'giant fertilizer bomb' for life on Earth

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    The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that doomed the dinosaurs and many other life forms. Researchers assessed ...

  8. Microcosm–macrocosm analogy - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of the analogy between the human body and a geocentric cosmos: the head is analogous to the cœlum empyreum, closest to the divine light of God; the chest to the cœlum æthereum, occupied by the classical planets (wherein the heart is analogous to the sun); the abdomen to the cœlum elementare; the legs to the dark earthy mass (molis terreæ) which supports this universe.

  9. Asteroid Samples Contain Building Blocks of Life - AOL

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    “This all supports the theory that asteroids like Bennu were among the sources that delivered water and chemical building blocks for life to Earth before life started here,” said Nicky Fox ...