Earth first origins project seeks to replicate the cradle of life

(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) NASA's Astrobiology Program has awarded a $9 million grant to Earth First Origins project, led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Assistant Professor Karyn Rogers,   to uncover the conditions on early Earth that gave rise to life by identifying, replicating, and exploring how prebiotic molecules and chemical pathways could have formed under realistic early Earth conditions.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 14, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news