Sunday, November 06, 2011

Icy dust could be precursor to molecule for life's building blocks

Icy dust could be precursor to molecule for life's building blocks Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. Here's today's news:
g Stars - What is the potential habitability of the nearby star system BD-05 3853 AB? See article.
g Abodes - If Mars ever had oceans, lakes or rivers, then it may also have had life as we know it. Indications of liquid water on the Red Planet have tantalized scientists for well over a century. See article.
g Life - New research is shedding light on the chemistry that occurs in the dark space between stars. Astrochemists have demonstrated a key role that icy dust could play in the formation of a precursor molecule for life's building blocks. See article.

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