
Extraterrestrial LifeMarch 5, 2025
Life May Have Emerged a Cosmic Eyeblink after the Big Bang
New simulations suggest that habitable worlds could have begun forming only 200 million years after the big bang
Conor Feehly is a New Zealand based writer who covers topics ranging from astronomy to consciousness studies and the philosophy of science. His work has appeared in New Scientist, Discover, Nautilus, Live Science and many other publications.
Life May Have Emerged a Cosmic Eyeblink after the Big Bang
New simulations suggest that habitable worlds could have begun forming only 200 million years after the big bang
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