Editor’s note: Humans smell chemical compounds. Tricorders sense them. As you will see in this research there is an attempt to create an “e-nose” that merges both approaches. If you […]
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How Were Amino Acids Formed Before The Origin Of Life On Earth?
Our solar system formed from a molecular cloud, which was composed of gas and dust that was emitted into the interstellar medium (ISM), a vast space between stars. On collapse […]
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Molecular Precursors To Life Discovered In The Perseus Cloud
The scientists Susan Iglesias-Groth, of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and Martina Marín-Dobrincicof the Polytechnic University of Cartagena have discovered the presence of numerous prebiotic molecules in the […]
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Detection of Ethanol, Acetone, and Propanal in TMC-1: New O-bearing Complex Organics in Cold Sources
We present the detection of ethanol (C2H5OH), acetone (CH3COCH3), and propanal (C2H5CHO) toward the cyanopolyyne peak of TMC-1. These three O-bearing complex organic molecules are known to be present in […]
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Carbon-Chain Chemistry in the Interstellar Medium
The presence of carbon-chain molecules in the interstellar medium (ISM) has been known since the early 1970s and >100 such species have been identified to date, making up >40% of […]
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The Chemistry Of H2NC In The Interstellar Medium And The Role Of The C + NH3 Reaction
We carried out an observational search for the recently discovered molecule H2NC, and its more stable isomer H2CN, toward eight cold dense clouds (L1544, L134N, TMC-2, Lupus-1A, L1489, TMC-1 NH3, […]
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Uracil Has Been Found In Asteroid Ryugu Samples
Researchers have analyzed samples of asteroid Ryugu collected by the Japanese Space Agency’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft and found uracil—one of the informational units that make up RNA, the molecules that contain […]
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Tricorder Tech: Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer (DraMS) Will Study Complex Chemistry On Titan
A new NASA mission to Saturn’s giant moon, Titan, is due to launch in 2027. When it arrives in the mid-2030s, it will begin a journey of discovery that could […]
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Classifying Protoplanetary Disk Infrared Spectra For Possible Templates For Biological Molecules
Protoplanetary disk around a just born young star contains a lot of cosmic dust. especially polycyclic-aromatic-hydrocarbon (PAH), which would become basic component to create biological organics.
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Elusive Interstellar Antiaromatic Molecule Oxirene Produced On Earth For The First Time
A problem that has puzzled the scientific community for more than 50 years has finally been solved by researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Florida International University and […]