The Chemical Evolution Of Prebiotic And Biotic Materials

The work presented here attacks the issue of understanding the chemical evolution of prebiotic and biotic materials, such as amino acids, from multiple fronts. From an observational standpoint, the identification of carbodiimide in the ISM for the first time has added a new molecule to the known molecular inventory. Beyond this result, and perhaps more importantly, it has hopefully opened others up to the possibility that searches for molecules that should be undetectable under LTE conditions may yet be fruitful. With the thoughtful exploitation of phenomena such as masing, important transient or intermediate species, which have a non-negligible effect on the overall chemical and physical evolution of a system, may yet be detected. Through the studies of chp presented here, it has been shown that careful examination of the chemistry and chemical environments probed by the observations can provide a robust and deep insight into the mechanisms at work and the species present. Without any laboratory work having been conducted, and examining only archival observational data, chm was dismissed as the carrier of B11244 based on an analysis of the emph{chemistry} at work in the environments where it had been detected. This work now expands, seeking to explore how chp can probe the environments, and the thus-far rare conditions in which it is present in detectable abundance. Again, using only archival observational data, a serious gap in the completeness of state-of-the-artShow MoreRelatedThe Formation Of Prebiotic Compounds On Early Earth And The Solar System2316 Words   |  10 PagesThe Formation of Prebiotic Compounds on Early Earth and in the Solar System By Trevor Harrison GE 70A: Evolution of Cosmos and Life Scientists have long sought to understand the origin of prebiotic compounds and its transition into self-replicating biological structures, both as an explanation for life’s emergence on earth and as an assessment of the abundance of life in the solar system and the galaxy. In 1952, Stanley L. Miller and Harold C. Urey performed experiments demonstrating that theRead MoreIs Jupiters Moon Europa?1430 Words   |  6 Pagesholds. (R.T. Pappalardo, et al, 2013) According to the case study in order for Europa to sustain habitual life it must contain at least three different ingredients, in addition to a physicochemical environment, liquid water at the correct amount of chemical activity, the energy that can create and maintain what life depends on, and the required elements and micronutrients. By using what we know is needed in order to live here on Earth, we are able to compare our current understandings of Europa and