Asteroids: Spark of Life?

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Season 53 Episode 1 | 53m 31s | CC

What if asteroids, long feared as destroyers of life, were key to our existence? Explore a revolutionary theory that these violent collisions provided the essential ingredients – water, minerals, and energy – needed to jumpstart life on Earth.

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