Pre-Life Chemistry Happens at Space Temperatures
Sep 24, 2012•1 min
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Episode description
UV light, which radiates from stars and galaxies, can induce rapid changes in icy hydrocarbon molecules cooled to 5 kelvins, as on a comet. John Matson reports
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