Ancient Life as Old as the Universe

Life has existed on one planet for about 4 billion years, as far as we know. But it might

have started right after the Big Bang, when the universe was much stranger and more fantastic

than today. A universe that might have allowed life to develop absolutely anywhere. The cosmos

might be full of the seeds of life, sleeping in a dead desert, waiting for a few drops

of rain to explosively bloom and grow. Tiny and not so tiny aliens might be everywhere.

In this video we are going to put together two highly speculative yet scientifically

grounded possibilities – check out the scientific papers in our sources. To properly explain it

let's first look at the paradox of life on Earth.

The Life Paradox

For its first few hundred million years,

Earth was a magma hell constantly  bombarded by asteroids.

But basically the second things calmed down and the first oceans formed, life just appeared