How did the building blocks of life arrive on Earth? (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

How did the building blocks of life arrive on Earth?

Caption

An iron meteorite from the core of a melted planetesimal (left) and a chondrite meteorite, derived from a ‘primitive’, unmelted planetesimal (right).

Credit

Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Usage Restrictions

Please credit Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge.

License

Original content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.