{
  "id": 19673777,
  "title": "What Seeded Life on Earth? New Research Challenges the Longstanding Theory That Comets Brought the Ingredients to Our Planet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/what-seeded-life-on-earth-new-research-challenges-the-longstanding",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-12T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-seeded-life-on-earth-new-research-challenges-the-longstanding-theory-that-comets-brought-the-ingredients-to-our-planet-180989852/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Computer simulations suggest comets carrying a key precursor to many of life's building blocks would have rarely—if ever—successfully reached Earth's surface. And even if they did, only specific landing conditions would have allowed the precursor molecule to drive biologically relevant reactions",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}