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In 2016, a family in Illinois thought that a meteorite had hit their backyard. They called up the geology department at nearby Wheaton College to say that

Lighting striking the surface of planet Earth billions of years ago may have unlocked the phosphorus necessary for the creation of DNA, cells and bones, a new study has revealed. Researchers at Yale and the University of Leeds say the essential spark may have taken a quintillion - a number with 30 zeroes - lightning strikes over a billion years.  They say these bolts from the blue unlocked the phosphorus necessary for the creation of biomolecules that would be the basis of life on the planet. ...

Lightning strikes may have supplied a key ingredient that allowed life to emerge on early Earth, according to a new study of "fossilized" lightning.

Lightning may have sparked life on Earth, study finds

Life began with a lightning bolt that zapped Earth, bombshell study suggests According to a new study from University of Leeds and Yale researchers, may have began on Earth with a lightning bolt. It may have provided chemicals needed for life Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The Daily Stars FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up today! When you subscribe we w...

 E-Mail IMAGE: An illustration of early Earth, as it would have looked around 4 billion years ago view more  Credit: Lucy Entwisle Lightning strikes were just as important as meteorites in creating the perfect conditions for life to emerge on Earth, geologists say. Minerals delivered to Earth in meteorites more than 4 billion years ago have long been advocated as key ingredients for the development of life on our planet. Scientists believed minimal amounts of these minerals were als...

Prior to this study, it had been thought that meteorites provided the needed ingredients for life on Earth to begin.

Lightning Bolts Could Have Delivered The Spark That Started Life on Earth 16 MARCH 2021 The question of how life on Earth got started has long intrigued us, and new research suggests that primordial lightning strikes – perhaps over the course of a billion years – could have played a crucial role in sparking life on this planet.   Central to the idea is the way that lightning bolts create special glasses called fulgurites when they hit the ground. Fulgurites contain phosphorus, one of the...

Researchers say the bolts may have unlocked the phosphorus necessary for the creation of biomolecules that would be the basis of life.