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Is the article suggesting that they think these amino acids have survived in space for (over) 4.6 billion years? That's astonishing, I'd have thought that over
by garblegarble 4y ago
Is the article suggesting that they think these amino acids have survived in space for (over) 4.6 billion years? That's astonishing, I'd have thought that over that stretch of time the background radiation would have broken the atomic bonds
- adrian_b 4y agoThe organic substances can survive billions of years in most meteoroids or asteroids, due to the extremely low temperature. They are perfectly frozen. Most of the ambient radiation is absorbed close to the surface, so the organic substances that are buried even a few mm will not be affected.
- ezconnect 4y agoDoes it mean some of them are lost due to extraction and before testing for them?