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An Earth-Sized Planet 41 Light Years Away with Hydrogen Cyanide. So What?
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An Earth-Sized Planet 41 Light Years Away with Hydrogen Cyanide. So What?

Hydrogen cyanide has rare chemical properties that make it an important ingredient for the abiotic creation of nucleic acids, the building blocks of DNA
Posted by By Steven A. Benner March 28, 2021Posted inAstrobiology, Origin of LifeNo Comments
Aristotle and the search for life on Venus
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Aristotle and the search for life on Venus

Last fall, lots of people were speculating about the possibility of life on Venus because phosphine was thought to be detected in its atmosphere. However in the Venusian environment, phosphine is unlikely to be created by Darwinian processes.
Posted by By Steven A. Benner January 26, 2021Posted inAstrobiology1 Comment

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