No need for extrasolar delivery by comet: Nitrogen fingerprint in biomolecules could be from early Sun
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 14:20
in Astronomy & Space
Chemical fingerprints of the element nitrogen vary by extremes in materials from the molecules of life to the solar wind to interstellar dust. Ideas for how this great variety came about have included alien molecules shuttled in by icy comets from beyond our solar system and complex chemical scenarios.