Does prebiotic material exist in space?
Thursday, March 26, 2009 - 09:14
in Astronomy & Space
Both a Spanish and a French astrophysicist have identified a band in the infrared range that serves to track the presence of organic material rich in oxygen and nitrogen in the interstellar dust grains. Should any telescope detect this band, the presence in space of aminoacids and other substances, which are the precursors to life, could be confirmed...
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