5.5-billion-year-old meteorite reveals molecules tied to life
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5.5-billion-year-old meteorite reveals molecules tied to life
Scientists have taken an unusually detailed look at the organic chemistry preserved inside two meteorites, revealing tens of thousands of carbon-based molecules and, for the first time in this study, images showing the structures of individual molecules. The research brought together scientists from the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab), Florida State University, and Brookhaven National Laboratory. Using the MagLab’s ultra-high-re…
Scientists have taken an unusually detailed look at the organic chemistry preserved within two meteorites, revealing tens of thousands of carbon-based molecules and, for the first time in this study, images showing the structures of individual molecules.
Two carbon-rich meteorites contain a wide range of soluble organic compounds, including large molecules with iron and magnesium. High-resolution mass spectrometry assigned more than 18,000 sum formulae per extract, while a scanning force microscopy made individual molecular structures visible. The combination shows how diverse organic chemistry was already in the early solar system, without having a direct path to life [...] The article Meteorit…
American researchers have conducted a detailed analysis of the organics within two meteorites, recording tens of thousands of carbon compounds, and experts have been able to obtain images of selected extraterrestrial molecules with details close to the atomic level. The Gemini is the object of a study of the fragments of the Mercison bald, which collapsed in Australia in 1969, and of the space traveler Aguas-Zarcas, who fell in Costa Rica in 201…
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