Researchers in Sydney have recreated cosmic dust in a laboratory to study how life’s building blocks formed.
Cosmic dust, shed by dying stars, contains organic molecules linked to the origins of life.
Linda Losurdo, a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, produced the dust from scratch.
She simulated space conditions using a vacuum tube and electrified gases found around dying stars.
The process created plasma that formed dust with similar properties to meteorite material.
Scientists hope the work explains how organic matter reached Earth via asteroids and comets.
The findings appeared in the Astrophysical Journal.
Sydney Scientists Recreate Cosmic Dust to Probe Life’s Origins
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