Scientists say Earth would have looked like a shiny white snowball in space during the deep freeze of the planet's Cryogenian Period. But, life somehow survived during this time called "Snowball Earth." A recent study offers a deeper understanding as to why.
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During the Marinoan Glaciation around 650 million years ago, Snowball Earth may have been more of a slushball with oceans that provided shelter for early life.