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New simulations suggest comet impacts could not have delivered life's building blocks

A new computer study finds that comet impacts on early Earth would likely have destroyed the fragile organic molecules once thought to have seeded life, challenging a decades-old theory.

New study casts doubt on theory about the role comets played in kick-starting life on Earth
New simulations suggest comet impacts could not have delivered life's building blocks
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A new computer study finds that comet impacts on early Earth would likely have destroyed the fragile organic molecules once thought to have seeded life, challenging a decades-old theory.

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