Early Earth’s auroral belts may have formed a natural ion-beam reactor for prebiotic chemistry

September 8, 2026 · 12:40 am 1 sources

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• Early Earth's auroral belts may have formed a natural ion-beam reactor for prebiotic chemistry
  Phys.org · September 8, 2026 00:40
  We usually think of auroras as beautiful lights in the night sky. I see them as visible traces of a connection between the sun, Earth's magnetic field and the atmosphere. This led me to an origin-of-life question: Could the planetary structure that produces auroras also have organized chemical…