Scientists all over the world are engaged in unraveling the mysteries of the origin of life, but now it seems that they have solved this puzzle. Actually, a team of researchers has come up with a model that explains how life came into existence on Earth. According to scientists, there are two theories about how life came to Earth, the first of which suggests that the elements necessary for life came to the planet from a primordial soup. At the same time, the second theory states that the molecules necessary for life were brought from somewhere else and 'seeds' were sown on Earth by the universe.
Now a team of scientists has come up with a model keeping in mind the second theory, which explains how the elements of life would have reached Earth and how these elements are likely to be present on other planets outside our solar system. The report related to this has been published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A. Researchers explain how 'bouncing' comets deliver the raw ingredients for life, known as prebiotic molecules.
What else do researchers want to know?
Throughout this study, the team of researchers focused on simulating rocky exoplanets that orbit around Sun-sized stars. Richard Anslow, an astronomer at the Cambridge Institute of Astronomy, said: 'We are learning more about the atmospheres of exoplanets all the time, so we wanted to see if there were planets where complex molecules could also be delivered by comets.' .
Will there be life on other planets too?
He said that 'it is possible that the molecules that cause life on Earth may have come from comets. So the same is likely to happen on other planets in the galaxy. Now along with this research, scientists have also started trying to find out whether life-giving molecules are present on Earth or not on other planets?
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