Post by sherlew99 on Mar 5, 2015 10:49:53 GMT -6
CNET
NASA creates ingredients of life in harsh simulated space conditions
New research might shed light on how we got here by demonstrating that chemical components of our DNA could be produced in the brutal conditions of space.
by Michael Franco
@writermfranco
March 4, 2015 3:09 PM PST
We know a whole lot about life on our planet, but one mystery persists: how it got here.
NASA scientists working at the Ames Astrochemistry Laboratory in California and the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland may have just found a clue to that mystery. They've determined that some of the chemical components of our DNA can be produced in the harsh crucible of space.
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