Early asteroid impacts may have aided life’s origin
RNA ingredients found in laser-induced simulation of explosions
![Asteroids and comets that smashed into the planet](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/bm_4-25-12_bombardment-28129.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
KABOOM Asteroids and comets that smashed into the planet billions of years ago, as in this illustration, could have provided the necessary energy to hot-wire life, new experiments suggest.
NASA