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However, this research demonstrates that oxygen can also form through abiotic processes, or processes that aren't rooted in living organisms.
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
In abiotic — environments absent of life — impacts can be pivotal actors in facilitating the origin of life events.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Entirely abiotic processes can produce organic compounds.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024
So far, scientists haven’t managed to come up with an abiotic explanation for oxygen-methane biosignatures.
—Elise Cutts, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2024
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
In abiotic — environments absent of life — impacts can be pivotal actors in facilitating the origin of life events.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Entirely abiotic processes can produce organic compounds.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024
So far, scientists haven’t managed to come up with an abiotic explanation for oxygen-methane biosignatures.
—Elise Cutts, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2024
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“Abiotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abiotic. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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abiotic
adjective
abi·ot·ic
ˌā-bī-ˈät-ik 
: not living or composed of living things
water and rock are abiotic
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