The chemical is known
as a prebiotic molecule and belongs to a family of chemicals that forms amino acids and peptides — the stuff that proteins are made of and, therefore, the backbone of life as we know it.
Not exact matches
This finding should help unravel the mechanisms behind the formation of
prebiotic molecules as well
as the process that gives birth to planets.
As they rotate, radiation from the sun cooks simpler chemicals on the comet into
prebiotic molecules.
My research interest is the detection of
prebiotic molecules in space via rotational spectroscopy, and my prior research includes a spectral survey of Orion - Kl,
as well
as searching for
molecules in Sagittarius B2 (N).
But their gut bacteria was so starved of
prebiotics for years that it couldn't cope with all the plant
molecules such
as FODMAPs now flooding in.