Life began with a lightning bolt that zapped Earth, bombshell study suggests

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Earth may have started with a lightning bolt, a new study says.It could have created the chemicals needed for life to emerge on our planet, University of Leeds and Yale researchers said.Their computer analysis showed early Earth experienced nearly ten times as many flashes of lightning as now.The scientists predicted up to a quintillion – one followed by 18 zeroes – bolts struck our planet over a billion years.This created "glass" containing enough phosphorus compounds on the surface of Earth for the building blocks of life to emerge, they said.Previous research suggested meteorites created the organic compounds needed for life on Earth to emerge between 3.5 to 4.5 billion years ago.But this study says this is unlikely to be the case as.