Billions of years ago, the first sign of life emerged on Earth. Today, life thrives in all forms, each organism sharing the elemental building blocks forged in the stars. But how did this miraculous event unfold? Could life have arisen from clay, ancient primordial oceans or could it have traveled here via meteorites? As we probe the past, astronomers turn their telescopes to exoplanets to uncover vital clues about our origins.
