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Major Discovery on the Origin of Life Found Inside a Korean Crater

2026-04-26 Science & Technology
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Top Comments (10)

@robertfindley921 2026-04-27

I saw Meteor Crater in Arizona 30 years ago. I went there again last year, but the entire place is fenced off and they charge a $29 entrance fee (including the new museum). You can't even see the rim without paying. How sad is it to require $29 to see something that's been free for 50,000 years.

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@cg256y9 2026-04-26

If someone in South Korea doesn't immediately start selling and advertising it as "Space Rice" they are missing an opportunity.

353 10 replies
@PlutonicLabs 2026-04-26

Really glad this channel exists. Thanks for all your hard work.

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@somepersonontheinternet. 2026-04-26

Straight up the trifecta of all three leading hypotheses for the origins of life: The hydrothermal ventists The warm little pondists The odd pseudopanspermists What a time to be alive :)

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@marknovak6498 2026-04-26

Finally, a mechanism that seems probable and makes all the needed events that seem not like a once-in-a-trillion scenario for at least microbial life to start.

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@Mildbill-d2h 2026-04-27

1:55 Uncle told kid “ it’s so crazy that it almost hit the visitor center!” Kids had to think about it!

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@HedonisticPuritan-mp6xv 2026-04-27

I like the idea of life being Hulk smashed into existence.

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@wyattw9727 2026-04-26

Forget witnessed, at least one human was definitely vaporized by that rock.

36 1 replies
@mangrove 2026-04-26

I lived 50 KM away from Hapcheon without knowing there was an impact crater there. I'll have to revisit it someday.

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@whatdamath 2026-04-27

https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03206-7 https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/14/5/486 Geology Hub video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1UkS-P198 Previous video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqutR88gwdY

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