Prebiotic chemicals—amino acid and phosphorus—in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

The importance of comets for the origin of life on Earth has been advocated for many decades. Amino acids are key ingredients in chemistry, leading to life as we know it. Many primitive meteorites contain amino acids, and it is generally believed that these are formed by aqueous alterations. In the...

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Published in:Sci Adv
Main Authors: Altwegg, Kathrin, Balsiger, Hans, Bar-Nun, Akiva, Berthelier, Jean-Jacques, Bieler, Andre, Bochsler, Peter, Briois, Christelle, Calmonte, Ursina, Combi, Michael R., Cottin, Hervé, De Keyser, Johan, Dhooghe, Frederik, Fiethe, Bjorn, Fuselier, Stephen A., Gasc, Sébastien, Gombosi, Tamas I., Hansen, Kenneth C., Haessig, Myrtha, Jäckel, Annette, Kopp, Ernest, Korth, Axel, Le Roy, Lena, Mall, Urs, Marty, Bernard, Mousis, Olivier, Owen, Tobias, Rème, Henri, Rubin, Martin, Sémon, Thierry, Tzou, Chia-Yu, Hunter Waite, James, Wurz, Peter
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4928965/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27386550
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1600285
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