From gaseous HCN to nucleobases at the cosmic silicate dust surface: an experimental insight into the onset of prebiotic chemistry in space
Rosangela Santalucia, Marco Pazzi, Francesca Bonino, Matteo Signorile, Domenica Scarano, Piero Ugliengo, Giuseppe Spoto, Lorenzo Mino
Abstract
in the absence of external energetic triggers. Products include adenine nucleobase, a result which supports the hypothesis that prebiotic molecular building blocks can be easily formed through surface catalytic processes in the absence of high-energy supply.
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AstrobiologyNucleobaseSilicateAbiogenesisPrebioticChemistrySpace (punctuation)COSMIC cancer databasePhysicsAstrophysicsOrganic chemistryDNAPhilosophyBiochemistryLinguisticsFood scienceAstrophysics and Star Formation StudiesMolecular Spectroscopy and StructureAstro and Planetary Science