Meteor impacts may have helped spark life on Earth, creating hot, chemical-rich environments where the first living cells could take shape, according to research integrated by a recent Rutgers University graduate."No one knows, from a scientific perspective, how life could have been formed from an early Earth that had no life," said Shea Cinquemani, who earned her bachelor's degree in marine biology and fisheries management from the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences in May 2025.Did Impacts From Meteors Help Start Life on Earth?
April 23, 2026
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Meteor impacts may have helped spark life on Earth, creating hot, chemical-rich environments where the first living cells could take shape, according to research integrated by a recent Rutgers University graduate."No one knows, from a scientific perspective, how life could have been formed from an early Earth that had no life," said Shea Cinquemani, who earned her bachelor's degree in marine biology and fisheries management from the Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences in May 2025.
