The Winchcombe meteorite was kept pristine and avoided earthly contamination, making the discovery of amino acids inside all the more compelling.
, has yielded another fascinating discovery: organic matter inside the meteorite comprising some of the building blocks of life.
In this case, researchers found soluble protein amino acids that they believe were formed when the meteorite was still part of a large parent asteroid that contained liquid water — a tantalizing clue in the ongoing puzzle to uncover the origins of life.
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