Sentences with phrase «discovery of organic compounds»

The discovery of organic compounds adds to the growing body of evidence that Ceres may have once had a habitable environment.

The cosmic discovery of this organic compound, however, is disappointing news for astrobiologists, who previously suggested searching for methyl chloride in the atmospheres of alien worlds as a possible indicator of life.

Not exact matches

In this discovery, reported by Caltech researchers in June, radio telescopes picked up faint traces of the organic compound propylene oxide in a vast cloud of gas and dust called Sagittarius B2, which is near the center of our galaxy.

The discovery of the extremely low - volatility organic compounds (ELVOCs) was published last year in Nature.

This discovery has important implications for the formation and survival of complex organic compounds — important for the formation of life — in low - metallicity galaxies both young and old.

A discovery by a NASA scientist of sugar and several related organic compounds in two carbonaceous meteorites provides the first evidence that another fundamental building block of life on Earth may have come from outer space.