Earth has "swallowed" a body comparable to Mars

A recent astronomical study suggested that an old collision that led to the formation of the moon brought the necessary components to the emergence of life on the planet.

According to Space, an object similar to Mars touched the Earth 4.4 billion years ago, sending the moon to the orbit of the planet we live on today, Sky reported News.

According to a study published in the journal Science Advances, the impact of this revolutionary collision was not limited to the moon but had greater consequences on the Earth.

"It is possible that this collision has provided the planet with the materials necessary for the emergence of life, such as carbon, nitrogen and sulfor," said Dr.

According to this study, the Earth was at this time, billions of years ago, like Mars today, but that 's the collision that has radically transformed itself.

According to this theory, a special type of meteorite called "carbon conglomerates" collided with the Earth, and then gave the substance "silica" necessary for interaction and the emergence of life.

Scientists attribute this view to an adjustment between found meteorite, nitrogen and carbon levels, which are therefore at the origin of the elements that created life, according to their studies.