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Life on a faraway planet - if it s out there - might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so many chemical ingredients in the universe s pantry, and only so many ways to mix them
A team led by scientists has exploited the limitations of chemical combinations to write a cookbook with hundreds of recipes that have the potential to give rise to life. Life on a faraway planet if it’s out there might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so many chemical
New recipes for origin of life may point way to distant, inhabited planets phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Life on a faraway planet if it’s out there might not look anything like life on Earth. But there are only so many chemical ingredients in the universe’s pantry, and only so many ways to mix them. A team led by scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has exploited those limitations to write a cookbook of hundreds of chemical recipes with the potential to give rise to life.
Their ingredient list could focus the search for life elsewhere in the universe by pointing out the most likely conditions planetary versions of mixing techniques, oven temperatures and baking times for the recipes to come together.