Scientists from the British Imperial education institutions investigated, during which he managed to prove that the moon is possible to find the oldest traces of the very first signs of life. It is estimated that about billion years.
Taking into account the opinion of the British scientists, on the moon exemplary conditions for the preservation of evidence of the origin of life on Earth. Is organic compounds, which began life were brought to Earth by meteorites and comets. On the planet of evidence is not left in consequence of the movement of lithospheric plates and multiple climate change. At that time, as on the moon created all the conditions for the "preservation" of such evidence.
Explore the satellite of the Earth people began almost half a century ago. It is said that when our planet was formed life, the crust of the moon is cracked and it began to flow lava. She seemed to fill the niches that have arisen after the asteroid impact. Therefore, there was the so-called "lunar sea". Experts believe that they could hide under the major chemical compounds of the times of the origin of life.
In order to prove this theory, researchers from the Imperial universities of London conducted an experiment. They put all kinds of organic compounds in the lunar dust and heat it up to 700 degrees Celsius. Lava was a wonderful package for long-term preservation: only a few 10 s cm rocks of the asteroid is enough to isolate the molecules from the heat of the lava. Not to mention the fact that, in the future, taking into account the opinion of the researchers, the lava could act as an insulator, protecting organic matter from the solar wind, radiation and meteorite impact.
Therefore, in the bowels of the moon can be saved in the oldest traces of earthly life, which is "suspended" on the artificial satellite with lava. Research on this topic was published in the journal Astrobiology.
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