An artistic rendering of early Earth during the Hadean eon shows a surface shaped by frequent impacts, localized melting, and regions with persistent liquid water. Neither entirely hellish nor tranquil, early Earth was a dynamic environment frequently transformed by impact bombardment. Credit: SwRI/Simone Marchi
Speaker/Affiliation: Anastasia Yanchilina, SETI Institute Title: Self-assembly in hydrothermal vent analogue systems: Implications for Prebiotic Chemistry and Biosignature Detection Strategies on Ocean Worlds When: Friday, June 5 12:00pm PST Location: EMS B214  Abstract: Self-organizing mineral precipitation systems known as chemical gardens provide laboratory analogs for hydrothermal …
The cosmos is abundant, teeming with elements, compounds, and reactions. Among these, one process piques the interest of astrobiologists and chemists worldwide – prebiotic chemistry. This burgeoning field, merging the boundaries of chemistry, biology, and astronomy, offers insights into the origins of life, the “primordial soup” that brewed on Earth, and potentially, other planets.
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