Glancing blow from a comet could create amino acids
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 06:07
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Amino acids are markers for potential life since they are the building blocks of proteins. Now scientists in California have for the first time found the shock wave created when a comet has a glancing blow with a planet can deform molecules inside the comet, break bonds and create new ones, forming new molecules, including an amino acid complex.