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the questions of how life emerged on
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Earth remains an unsolved history but
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scientists are slowly Gathering pieces
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of that puzzle to get the complete
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picture one of those pieces that ignited
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life on Earth according to a recent
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study is sulfur sulfur is not just an
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Earthbound element it exists in space
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often found in interstellar clouds and
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meteorites these space traveling sulfur
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molecules likely played a crucial role
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in seeding early Earth with essential
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elements when meteorites containing
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sulfur crashed into the early Earth they
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delivered these critical molecules this
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process is known as Cosmic seaing the
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sulfur from these meteorites mixed with
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Earth's primordial environment
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contributing to the planet's early
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chemistry to put this plausible
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hypothesis to test scientists from the
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University of Hawaii at monoa ran a
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laboratory simulation that mimics the
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conditions of ice found in space they
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discovered that organic compounds can
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form in space naturally and that they
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were brought to Earth by asteroids and
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comets sulfur containing compounds are
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essential for life it is involved in
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protein function and structure and many
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other biological processes the study
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also discusses how this discovery could
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help scientists detect these molecules
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on comets and asteroids providing
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insights into the chemical processes
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that might contribute to the origins of
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