Research success
Meteorites hoard the building block of life
A team of researchers from Linz has successfully analyzed a rock from outer space and can be pleased about a scientific breakthrough. According to the experts, life could also have originated on planets in other star systems.
The formation of life requires building blocks of life - such as amino acids and proteins. These have already been detected on meteorites. But how they could be formed was disputed. Researchers Wolfgang Schöfberger and Lucas Fernández from the Schoefberger Lab at the JKU's Institute of Organic Chemistry are now delighted about a scientific breakthrough.
Life in other star systems
Through electrochemical experiments using a meteorite as a catalyst, they were able to prove that a mineral releases ammonia in a complex reaction. The research duo analyzed the rock from the Allende meteorite that fell over Mexico in 1969.
The Linz team's finding: In space, it is therefore possible for proteins to form on asteroids, meteorites and comets without the involvement of any life forms. This mechanism could also have led to life on planets in other star systems.
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