Re:Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA's Osiris-Rex Asteroi...
by actionfromafar on Monday July 01, 2024 @06:47AM
(#40844473)
Wouldn’t the (pre Moon) Earth have been pretty hot after formation and probably no water either?
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA's Osiris-Rex Asteroi...
by admissionsguy on Monday July 01, 2024 @08:40AM
(#40845233)
There's been some research from my alma mater that it might have had water even that early [1]. I haven't seen good data on the estimated temperature during this time (it was hot certainly, the question would be how frequently were there pockets where hyperthermophiles would be able survive). I like this paper's approach [2] - they end up with a small chance of life before the impact.
[2] https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/ast.2005.5.154