Miller-Urey Synthesis in the Nuclei of Galaxies
Abstract
The most promising venues for the synthesis of prebiotic molecules by Miller-Urey type processes may be found near the centres of galaxies. Explosions of supermassive stars would produce the basic chemical elements necessary to make molecules in high-density mass flows that are then acted upon by ionizing radiation, thus simulating the conditions needed for Miller-Urey type processing.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- June 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1023/A:1001579504620
- Bibcode:
- 1998Ap&SS.259...99W
- Keywords:
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- Interstellar Cloud;
- Starburst Galaxy;
- Aminoisobutyric Acid;
- Protoplanetary Nebula;
- Prebiotic Molecule