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

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

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 structure that produces a…

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-… [+6402 chars]

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