Life on Earth was "born" when meteorites splashed into thousands of "warm ponds"

Victoria Woollaston
1 hour 50 min ago
ScienceThe environment needed for life to be kickstarted on Earth may have been created by meteorites splashing into ponds of water.
Seemingly confirming a concept that has been around since Darwin, these meteorites are believed to have splashed into “little warm ponds” somewhere between 3.7 and 4.5 billion years ago and “leached” essential elements needed for life to begin.
Calculations made by researchers at McMaster University and