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Sample Return Contamination? Soluble Organic Compounds and Cyanide in Apollo 17 Lunar Samples: Origins and Curation Effects

by Keith Cowing

We analyzed twelve Apollo 17 samples through the Apollo Next Generation Sample Analysis (ANGSA) program to determine the abundances of a variety of compound classes, including amino acids, aldehydes, ketones, […]

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Detection And Prebiotic Chemistry of Possible Glycine Precursor Molecule Methylenimine Towards The Hot Molecular Core G10.47+0.03

by Keith Cowing

Amino acids are essential for the synthesis of protein. Amino acids contain both amine (R−NH2) and carboxylic acid (R−COOH) functional groups, which help to understand the possible formation mechanism of […]

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