Synopsis

For approximately four billion years, life has flourished on Earth, as far as we can tell. Yet, its genesis may lie in the immediate aftermath of the Big Bang, during a period when the universe possessed a strangeness and wonder now unimaginable. A universe such as that could have fostered life's emergence virtually anywhere. The cosmos might be teeming with dormant seeds of it, nestled in desolate landscapes, awaiting a spark – a few drops of moisture to ignite explosive growth. And perhaps, be