When Theia Struck Earth, it Helped Set the Stage for Life to Appear

July 07, 2025 Universe Today

When Theia Struck Earth, it Helped Set the Stage for Life to Appear
By Evan Gough (https://ift.tt/UnxN8l0)

This artist's illustration shows the Giant Impact that created the Moon. When the protoplanet Theia struck Earth more than 4 billion years ago, it may have delivered important chemicals to Earth that enabled life to appear. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle

Earth life is carbon-based, and without carbon, there would be no life. New research shows how Earth got its carbon from impactors, including a boost from Theia, the impactor that created the Moon. Jupiter also pitched in to help.

July 7, 2025 at 10:38PM
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