Study hints of life from beyond Earth

UH scientists test a theory that complex amino acids rode in on celestial objects

By Marcie Kagawa

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 08, 2013

~~<p>Isle scientists have uncovered new evidence that comets or meteorites could have helped create life on Earth.</p>
<p>A team of chemists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the University of California, Berkeley, found that complex dipeptides, or linked pairs of amino acids that form proteins, enzymes and other complex molecules, could have been created on icy interstellar dust that is a precursor to comets.</p>
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Isle scientists have uncovered new evidence that comets or meteorites could have helped create life on Earth.

A team of chemists from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and the University of California, Berkeley, found that complex dipeptides, or linked pairs of amino acids that form proteins, enzymes and other complex molecules, could have been created on icy interstellar dust that is a precursor to comets. Login for more...