I get the science channel at home, which by the way is really cool. If you guys are intrigued by this stuff you would love that channel.
Anyways I saw this really interesting theory. Scientists now conclude that the moon was created by a collision with earth. Scientists believe that an object about the size of Mars collided with the Earth. This shot out debris, and this debris later came up with the moon. How they came up with this conclusion I have right here.
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However the documentary took it a little further. Miller, I think that is his name, successfully created amino acids in a labratory. In his findings, he concluded that the atmoshpere had to be a "reduction atmosphere" for the amino acids to be created.
Well stick with me here. When iron is in contact with water, there really isn't a reaction. Well, very little of one. Everything goes into equilibrium, and what effects this equilibrium constant is temperature. Basic high school chemistry.
Scientists believe the hot iron that would be revealed due to the planetary collision would have made that reaction I said above "go" so to speak. It would create LOTS of hydrogen gas, the "reduction atmosphere" that Miller or Willer or whoever that guys name said had to be present.
The point is, life only could have started by the collision of the moon. I tried and went on an internet research rampage to find out when scientists believe this happened, and I came up with nothing. However maybe my research skills sucks, and I was wondering if anyone else is interested could obtain that information. This could essentially be a key argument towards the evolution or creation argument. So I was excited, and decided to share this with everyone in this forum. Reply if you find anything!