The Early Earth Before Life Began
After the solar system formed what happened on earth so life could begin?
“…In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep…” — Genesis 1:1
“…whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” — C. Darwin
“…Ummm, hello… could someone turn on the light…” — S. Duuude
Earth without form…
In both human and planetary births, the parent’s context is critical to the health and survival of the offspring. For example, if our sun was born in a stellar nursery with a nearby supergiant star, fierce stellar winds from such a big hot star would have driven away the dust and gas, the raw materials of planet-formation surrounding our infant sun. Instead, our small, calm sun was born in a quiet corner of the galaxy, and the Earth was born along with its protective bigger siblings in the solar system. The Earth, in its turn, was fruitful and multiplied, and produced Life. We’ll explore some of the early Earth’s context and how that affected the origin of life.
