Exoplanets: Life Forms Made One Third of Earth's Minerals - Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence

If life is “a cosmic imperative that emerges on any mineral- and water-rich world,” say the researchers, life emerged early on Earth along with minerals.

Recent work on how minerals form may help determine which planets are more likely to be habitable or inhabited. One-third of minerals chemical solids whose atoms are highly ordered are created direct… [+4058 chars]

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