Terrestrial atmosphere, water and astrobiology

Primitive life, defined as a chemical system capable to transfer its molecular information via self-replication and also capable to evolve, originated about 4 billion years ago from the processing of organic molecules by liquid water. Terrestrial atmosphere played a key role in the process by allowi...

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Main Authors: Coradini M., Brack A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2010-12-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201009020