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NASA Unveils New Theory on Earth's Life-Critical Elements - Mirage News

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NASA's new theory rewrites the origin story of life's building blocks — revealing that the elements making Earth habitable may have arrived in ways science never expected.

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NASA Unveils New Theory on Earth's Life-Critical Elements - Mirage News

Theory Briefing

  • NASA proposes that Earth's life-critical elements like carbon and nitrogen were delivered from outer space, challenging long-held planetary formation theories.
  • Dusty protoplanetary disks, captured in new imagery, show how volatile elements may have been locked into solids and ferried to young planets.
  • The theory reshapes the Nebular Hypothesis by suggesting chemical delivery mechanisms, not just gravity, determined which planets became habitable.