"Life on Earth arose from rather curious beginnings. Approximately 4.5 billion years ago our planet formed from a complex soup of interstellar material orbiting a relatively average, newborn dwarf star. Within that soup were precursors-complex, carbon-rich molecules with a penchant for self-assembly-which would combine and grow in complexity and versatility. This would lead to complex molecular systems that could self-replicate and in the process, iterate: a recipe for evolution. Eventually organisms would emerge capable of ...
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"Life on Earth arose from rather curious beginnings. Approximately 4.5 billion years ago our planet formed from a complex soup of interstellar material orbiting a relatively average, newborn dwarf star. Within that soup were precursors-complex, carbon-rich molecules with a penchant for self-assembly-which would combine and grow in complexity and versatility. This would lead to complex molecular systems that could self-replicate and in the process, iterate: a recipe for evolution. Eventually organisms would emerge capable of highly complex interactions with the environment. Extracting energy from chemical compounds or the sun, they converted this into a bewildering array of complex biomolecules from which life would continue to evolve. The Earth underwent a dramatic transition from a desolate and barren place, to a world utterly teeming with life. Through these origins, organisms on Earth have a common ancestry and therefore share the same chemical makeup; there is a single chemical theme that connects all life on this planet. We have a staggeringly diverse and wonderfully complex array of organisms to inform our understanding of life, but we are also profoundly limited in having only one version of life from which to learn. However, the Earth is not the only place where such biological precursor molecules are found. Curiously, the molecules of life are everywhere. The great cosmic spaces between the stars contain clouds of gas and dust that harbor a myriad of complex organic molecules. Ancient asteroids flung from far away worlds and comets from the outer reaches of the solar system do as well. These may have seeded life on other worlds, including our own"--
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