From NASA: Clues to Origin of Life
Cyanide Compounds Found in Meteorites
Essential Molecules for Life
NASA and a team of university scientists have discovered compounds containing cyanide, carbon monoxide and iron in carbon rich meteorites from space. They think these compounds may have helped power life on earth. They just published their findings in the journal Nature Communications.
Early Earth
The scientists think that cyanide was probably an essential compound for building molecules necessary for life. Besides being present in meteorites, they say the compounds were also present in early Earth before life began when the Earth was constantly bombarded by meteorites.
BENNU
Data collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft of the asteroid BENNU will be delivered to earth in 2023. NASA scientists intend to search for the same compounds which according to NASA scientist Jason Dworkin of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center "may have helped start life on Earth or on other bodies in the solar system". It's a fascinating innovative research and discovery journey in space to determine the origins of life here on Earth and perhaps elsewhere.
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Essential Molecules for Life
NASA and a team of university scientists have discovered compounds containing cyanide, carbon monoxide and iron in carbon rich meteorites from space. They think these compounds may have helped power life on earth. They just published their findings in the journal Nature Communications.
Early Earth
The scientists think that cyanide was probably an essential compound for building molecules necessary for life. Besides being present in meteorites, they say the compounds were also present in early Earth before life began when the Earth was constantly bombarded by meteorites.
BENNU
Data collected by NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft of the asteroid BENNU will be delivered to earth in 2023. NASA scientists intend to search for the same compounds which according to NASA scientist Jason Dworkin of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center "may have helped start life on Earth or on other bodies in the solar system". It's a fascinating innovative research and discovery journey in space to determine the origins of life here on Earth and perhaps elsewhere.
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