Meteorites frequently bombarded the surface of the early Earth. Could these impacts have provided the energy and materials to form the basic building blocks of life?
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Brack, A. Impacts and origins of life. Nature Geosci 2, 8–9 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo400
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