meteoritic polymer amide Archives - Astrobiology

Clean floating sea foam (Sample 3) was collected directly from the shoreline of the ocean in RI on 23rd December 2023 (left). The wind was from the West. The foam was scooped in a glass bottle, transported to the laboratory, aspirated directly into chloroform in a V-vial and the methanol and water added to give a Folch 2-phase system of chloroform:methanol:water (3.3:2:1). On vortexing, clear vesicles formed at the Folch interphase (right). The vesicles were stable at room temperature for 1-2 weeks. The intact vesicles were analyzed by MALDI mass spectrometry producing from this sample only the 1657-1663 m/z sequence. -- physics.chem-ph

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Sea Foam Contains Hemoglycin From Cosmic Dust

by Keith CowingOctober 3, 2024October 3, 2024

In-falling cosmic dust has left evidence of meteoritic polymer amide in stromatolites, both fossil and modern.