Study places viable origin of life conditions on early Earth at 4.33 billion years ago

Modelling of ancient planetary impact heating finds stable surface conditions arrived far earlier than previously understood, work published this week shows.

Theo Anand

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New research finds Earth had conditions stable enough to support the chemistry required for the origin of life approximately 4.33 billion years ago.^[2] The work is co-led by Planetary Science Institute senior scientist Oleg Abramov.