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Could Life Have Arisen Shortly After the Big Bang?

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · Explainer · 10 min · 2023 · YouTube title: Ancient Life as Old as the Universe
Why it's here

HN commenters bring it up in threads about asteroid samples and panspermia as an accessible take on early-universe habitability.

What it covers

Kurzgesagt explores the idea that life might have arisen shortly after the Big Bang, when the whole universe was warm enough to be habitable. It discusses what that would mean for the origin and spread of life.