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Low-energy Glycine Formation And Spectral Masking In Star-forming Regions

by Keith Cowing

The presence of amino acids in comets and meteorites has long suggested that prebiotic molecules may have formed in space and contributed to the origins of life on Earth.

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Potential Metabolic Viability On Asteroid Chemistry

by Keith Cowing

While it has been long supposed that asteroids played a role in the delivery of important prebiotic compounds to early Earth, the exact nature of the interactions between asteroidal material […]

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