Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA formed through surprisingly simple chemistry. Early Earth (much like Mars now) is thought to have been covered in rocks that enabled all of the steps for RNA synthesis. How life emerged on rocky planets such as Earth (and possibly Mars) has been an enduring mystery. It is thought that RNA (ribonucleic acid) probably managed how information was organized in the first life-forms to exist in the Solar System. Ribose can degrade easily, but it is critical for binding to phosphates, and borax minerals can help stabilize it.