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Research on the origin of life asks how nonliving chemistry produced self-sustaining systems capable of metabolism, heredity, and evolution.
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Simple molecules can undergo energy-driven reactions that build more complex organics.
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Organic molecules form naturally in interstellar space, meteorites, laboratory simulations, and planetary environments.