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LPL Evening Lecture Series: Where do we come from? Synthesis of Prebiological Molecules in Planetary Atmospheres Tuesday, 17 Nov 2009 7:00 pm — 8:00 pm Location: Kuiper Space Sciences, Room 308 presented by Professor Roger Yelle Life on Earth is composed of organic molecules of amazing complexity, yet these very large biological molecules are constructed from much simpler building blocks. Where do these building blocks come from? Studies of other planets by spacecraft suggest how some building blocks might be formed through chemistry in their atmospheres. Detection of ring molecules and amines in the atmosphere of Titan is particularly difficult. This lecture will review the observations and theories for how biological building blocks are formed and speculate on the next steps in our investigations of the origin of life. |
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