Meteor Shower Archives - Cospar2020 https://www.cospar2020.org All about space Thu, 02 Dec 2021 04:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.2 https://www.cospar2020.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-mars-153566_640-32x32.png Meteor Shower Archives - Cospar2020 https://www.cospar2020.org 32 32 Uncomplicated Meteorite https://www.cospar2020.org/uncomplicated-meteorite/ Sun, 30 May 2021 15:35:37 +0000 https://www.cospar2020.org/?p=47 Scientists collected the pieces that survived their passage through the Earth's atmosphere and preserved them in a space center, forgetting about them for years to come.

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This piece of meteorite contains all the substances necessary for the origin of life.

In 1998, a meteor shower occurred in the sky over Morocco. Scientists collected the pieces that survived their passage through the Earth’s atmosphere and preserved them in a space center, forgetting about them for years to come. But recently, scientists decided to conduct a thorough analysis of the fragments of fallen celestial bodies using X-ray spectroscopy.

Tiny crystals, halites, which could only form in the presence of water, were isolated from meteorites. Scientists were able to find complex organic compounds, including amino acids – according to modern concepts, these are the ingredients that were the basis for the origin of life on Earth.

This discovery not only confirms the possibility of bringing “bricks” for the origin of life on Earth from space, but also shows the possibility of the origin of life on other planets, where meteorites of similar chemical composition were brought.

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