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Astronomy & science · first seen 7 Sep, updated 9 Sep

Early Earth's auroral belts may have formed a natural ion-beam reactor for prebiotic chemistry

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We usually think of auroras as beautiful lights in the night sky. I see them as visible traces of a connection between the sun, Earth's magnetic field and the atmosphere. This led me to an origin-of-life question: Could the planetary struct…

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  1. Phys.org - Space
    Early Earth's auroral belts may have formed a natural ion-beam reactor for prebiotic chemistry
  2. Astrobiology
    Auroral Belts As Magnetically Localized Reactors For Prebiotic Chemistry On Early Earth