Astrobiologists find Martian clay contains chemical implicated in the origin of life
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - 07:31
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa NASA Astrobiology Institute (UHNAI) have discovered high concentrations of boron in a Martian meteorite. When present in its oxidized form (borate), boron may have played a key role in the formation of RNA, one of the building blocks for life. The work was published on June 6 in PLOS One.