Solar storms started life on Earth 4,000,000,000 years ago, says NASA

Superflares from a young sun entered the Earth's magnetic field and sparked life to start on this planet, says Nasa. Photo: EPA/NASA

Superflares may have sparked life on Earth says Nasa's latest research.

NASA reports that some 4 billion years ago, only 70 per cent of the sun’s energy was received by the Earth – not enough to warm the planet.