New NASA research consortium to tackle life`s origins
(PHYSorg.com Space & Earth)

Did life on Earth originate in Darwin`s warm little pond, on a sunbaked shore, or where hot waters vent into the deep ocean? And could a similar emergence have played out on other bodies in our solar system or planets far beyond? These questions lie at the center of research in NASA`s new Prebiotic Chemistry and Early Earth Environments (PCE3) Consortium.