And more evidence that life here began out there

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Socrates II — 6/16/2008 2:02:22 PM (archived)

Genetic building blocks may have formed in space

NewScientist news service June 13, 2008

Ring-like carbon molecules that are
essential for the creation of
nucleic acids like DNA and RNA might
have formed in a meteorite called
Murchison before it landed in
Australia in 1969, according to Zita
Martins, a chemist at Imperial
College London. The Murchison
meteorite (Chip Clark/Smithsonian
Institution) The ratio of carbon-13
to...

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One in Three Sol-type stars have planets - nick.hoffman - 6/16/2008 9:31:15 AM
- Super-Earth's?...More like Super-Venus's. (n/t) - Jacob - 6/17/2008 1:39:42 PM
- Very encouraging,..would like to hear your two cents. (n/t) - pb - 6/17/2008 8:04:06 AM
- Super-earths - Raoul - 6/16/2008 3:34:34 PM
- Hope Springs Eternal!!! Thank you Nick. (n/t) - Jody - 6/16/2008 12:37:50 PM
  - And more evidence that life here began out there - Socrates II - 6/16/2008 2:02:22 PM
    - re: And more evidence that life here began out there. - :) (n/t) - Marcia - 6/16/2008 10:46:14 PM
    - Thank You S!!...I devour this stuff!! (n/t) - Jody - 6/16/2008 9:47:42 PM
      - Extraterrestrial nucleobases in the Murchison meteorite - Socrates II - 6/17/2008 6:24:05 PM

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