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Scientists say they have confirmed that a meteorite that crashed into earth 40 years ago contains millions of different organic compounds. It is thought the Murchison meteorite could be even older than the Sun.
2010-02-15
meteorite organic Solar system life extraterrestrial life carbonThere is now even more evidence that life on Earth may have been seeded by material from asteroids or comets. Prior research has shown how amino acids - the building blocks of life - could form elsewhere in the cosmos. These molecules can form in two versions, but life on Earth exclusively uses just one of them. Now an Astrophysical Journal Letters paper shows how conditions around a far-flung star could favour the formation of one type...
2011-01-26
amino acid life evolution star chemistry organic extraterrestrial life asteroid seed meteoriteChemical factories around young stars may give rise to far more complex molecules than previously thought.
2011-10-28
star molecule chemistry matter complexity carbon organic interstellar astronomy universe philosophy extraterrestrial life