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Lightning strikes may have been key to origin of life on Earth The emergence of the Earth's first living organisms billions of years ago may have been facilitated by a bolt out of the blue — or perhaps a quintillion of them. Social Sharing Thomson Reuters · Posted: Mar 17, 2021 7:51 AM ET | Last Updated: March 17 An artist's rendition shows the early Earth environment, as lightning generated by storms and volcanic plumes frequently struck volcanic rocks. The lightning strikes create objects called fulgurites that contain phosphorus in a form that can be dissolved in water and concentrate ...

262 shares This time exposure photo provided by the Santa Barbara County Fire Department shows a series of lightning strikes over Santa Barbara, Calif., seen from Stearns Wharf in the city's harbor, Tuesday evening, March 5, 2019. A(Mike Eliason/Santa Barbara County Fire Department via AP) AFP — Lightning strikes may have supplied primordial Earth with enough phosphorus to support the emergence of life, according to new research Tuesday that offered an alternative explanation as to how living organisms were born. Phosphorus is a vital building block of life as we know it, forming basi...

The origin of life on Earth is one of the most complex puzzles facing scientists. It involves not only identifying the numerous chemical reactions that must take place to create a replicating organism, but also finding realistic sources for the ingredients needed for each of the reactions. One particular problem that has long faced scientists who study the origin of life is the source of the elusive element, phosphorus. Phosphorus is an important element for basic cell structures and functions. For example, it forms the backbone of the double helix structure of DNA and the related molecule RN...

Did lightning spark life on Earth? Scientists say bolts could have unlocked a key ingredient for life. Artists rendition of lightning strikes. Credit: Lucy Entwisle. A quintillion lightning strikes over a billion years may have helped kickstart life on Earth, according to scientists from Yale University, US, and the University of Leeds, UK. The earliest undisputed signs of life show up around 3.5 billion years ago, although researchers have good reason to suspect that the whole affair of living could have got going much earlier. But there’s a small problem: life didn’t have the right ingr...

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