Asteroids: Spark of Life?
Asteroids: Spark of Life?
Exploring if the destructive impacts of asteroids on Earth four billion years ago may have provided the essential ingredients needed for life to ignite on the planet. Scientists examine the deep past embedded in South African and Australian rocks, the surface of the moon, and asteroid dust taken from space and ancient impact craters to develop this revolutionary theory
Asteroids: Spark of Life? airs on BBC Four HD at 2:45 AM, Friday 23 October. (Subtitles, audio description.)
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Denis Lawson
Narrator
Ruth Berry
Writer