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Interstellar Peptides Point to Extraterrestrial Origin of Life’s Building Blocks


Peptides can form on cosmic dust despite water presence, challenging previous beliefs and suggesting a possible extraterrestrial origin for life's building blocks. Peptides are organic compounds that play a crucial role in many biological processes, for example, as enzymes. A research team led by

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