Abstract
If all the ingredients necessary for life can occur naturally, does that mean over time they can evolve into a living creature? Scientists have learned that many of life's molecular building blocks can form spontaneously under the right conditions. This is true not only in the laboratory but also in outer space. While nothing alive has ever been found on a meteorite, we keep finding more examples of life's chemical building blocks on space rocks. That's pretty intriguing. Does this mean time and chance could have gathered all the chemical ingredients for life, and evolution could be the cook that brewed up life itself?