High energy solar radiation and the origin of life
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Discover Life
- Vol. 12 (1) , 3-8
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00926907
Abstract
Recent satellite observations of young, sun-like stars allow an estimation of the ultraviolet and X-ray radiation environment of the primitive Earth. Energy from these sources is found to be much higher than previously believed. We suggest that the influence of high energy radiation on the early development of life be reexamined.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
- The smothered coronae of T Tauri starsThe Astrophysical Journal, 1981
- Stellar coronae in the Hyades - A soft X-ray survey with the Einstein ObservatoryThe Astrophysical Journal, 1981
- Outer atmospheres of cool stars. IX - A survey of ultraviolet emission from F-K dwarfs and giants with IUEThe Astrophysical Journal, 1981
- Chromospheric decay and the ages of solar type starsThe Astrophysical Journal, 1981
- Observations of X-ray emission from T Tauri starsThe Astrophysical Journal, 1981
- The ultraviolet spectrum of the T Tauri star RW AurigaeThe Astrophysical Journal, 1980
- Einstein observations of the Orion NebulaThe Astrophysical Journal, 1979
- Observations of H-alpha-emission stars in the young cluster NGC 2264The Astronomical Journal, 1979
- Chemical Evolution and the Origin of LifeScientific American, 1978
- A Probable Correlation Between Chromospheric Activity and Age in Main-Sequence Stars.The Astrophysical Journal, 1963