Stardust : the cosmic seeds of life /
"How did life originate on Earth? For over 50 years, scientists believed that life was the result of chemistry involving simple molecules such as methane and ammonia cooking in a primordial soup. Recent space observations have revealed that old stars are capable of making very complex organic c...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Heidelberg ; New York :
Springer,
[2013]
|
Colección: | Astronomers' universe.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Where Do We Come From?
- Rocks and Dust in the Planetary Neighborhood
- Impacts from Beyond
- Descendants of Stars
- Glowing in the Dark
- Stardust in Our Eyes
- The Oldest and Brightest
- Neon Signs in the Sky
- Stars as Molecular Factories
- Smoke from Stellar Chimneys
- Gems from Heaven
- Diamonds in the Sky
- A Mysterious Red Glow
- A Celestial Origin for Oil?
- Organics in Our Solar System
- Stardust in Our Hands
- Bacteria in Space?
- Comets: Messengers from the Past
- Where Do Oceans Come from?
- Playing God with Primordial Soup
- Stardust and Origin of Life
- Our Place in the Universe.