Vitamin B3 might have been made in space, delivered to Earth by meteorites

Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 16:40 in Astronomy & Space

Ancient Earth might have had an extraterrestrial supply of vitamin B3 delivered by carbon-rich meteorites, according to a new analysis by NASA-funded researchers. The result supports a theory that the origin of life may have been assisted by a supply of key molecules created in space and brought to Earth by comet and meteor impacts.

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