Moon dust preserves record of life’s building blocks
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Schematic illustration of the formation and evolution of organic matter in lunar soil. Credit: HAO Jialong’s Group.
The Moon may preserve a record of the raw ingredients that helped life begin on Earth. New analysis of lunar samples returned by China’s Chang’e missions has revealed a diverse suite of organic compounds embedded within the soil. They offer a rare glimpse of the early Solar System’s chemistry that has long since been erased from our planet.
The findings come from mater
Schematic illustration of the formation and evolution of organic matter in lunar soil. Credit: HAO Jialong’s Group.
The Moon may preserve a record of the raw ingredients that helped life begin on Earth. New analysis of lunar samples returned by China’s Chang’e missions has revealed a diverse suite of organic compounds embedded within the soil. They offer a rare glimpse of the early Solar System’s chemistry that has long since been erased from our planet.
The findings come from mater
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