Re: Meteorite that crashed through New Jersey house could hold the clues to life's origins
"Jim Wilkins" <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:43:41 -0400
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"a425couple" wrote in message news:[email protected]... > https://www.space.com/astronomy/meteorite-that-crashed-through-new-jersey-house-could-hold-the-clues-to-lifes-origins The handedness ratio of the amino acids is a critical clue to their origin, whether it's biological or random. Biology assembles molecules on an enzyme framework that aligns the atoms the same way each time. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000OLEB...30..208K/abstract Earth life might have started either way. If it spontaneously began multiple times both types could exist. D and L are short for Dextro and Levo, Latin for right and left, the direction the molecules rotate polarized light. If Latin and Greek hadn't been specified as the neutral languages for scientific terms they might all be German, so don't complain.