Future space experiment platforms for astrobiology and astrochemistry research [PDF]
npj Microgravity, 2023 Space experiments are a technically challenging but a scientifically important part of astrobiology and astrochemistry research. The International Space Station (ISS) is an excellent example of a highly successful and long-lasting research platform for ...
Andreas Elsaesser +20 more
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AlF–AlF Reaction Dynamics between 200 K and 1000 K: Reaction Mechanisms and Intermediate Complex Characterization [PDF]
Molecules, 2023 AlF is a relevant molecule in astrochemistry as a tracer of F-bearing molecules. Additionally, AlF presents diagonal Franck-Condon factors and can be created very efficiently in the lab, which makes it a prototypical molecular for laser cooling. However,
Weiqi Wang +2 more
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Cosmic-Ray Induced Diffusion in Interstellar Ices
Open Astronomy, 2014 Cosmic rays are able to heat interstellar dust grains. This may enhance molecule mobility in icy mantles that have accumulated on the grains in dark cloud cores.
Kalvāns Juris
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Metal-ion mediated photolytic regulation of diphenylalanine stability: Implications for prebiotic chemical evolution [PDF]
iScienceSummary: Early Earth’s UV-rich environment, together with abundant transition metals, likely shaped the stability of biomolecules. We investigated how cations influence the UV (254 nm) stability of diphenylalanine (FF).
Wei Tang +8 more
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Nonequilibrium Synthesis of Glycolamide (NH2COCH2OH), a Precursor to Amino Acids, on Interstellar Nanoparticles [PDF]
ACS Central ScienceAlexandre Bergantini +5 more
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Interrelations Between Astrochemistry and Galactic Dynamics
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2021 This paper presents a review of ideas that interconnect astrochemistry and galactic dynamics. Since these two areas are vast and not recent, each one has already been covered separately by several reviews.
Edgar Mendoza +8 more
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Systems Astrochemistry: A New Doctrine for Experimental Studies
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2021 Laboratory experiments play a key role in deciphering the chemistry of the interstellar medium (ISM) and the formation of complex organic molecules (COMs) relevant to life.
Nigel J. Mason +4 more
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Geochemistry of the cretaceous-tertiary transition boundary at Blake Nose (N. W. Atlantic): Cosmogenic Ni [PDF]
Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society, 2004 The Cretaceous-Tertiary (KT) boundary transition at the Blake Nose Plateau recovered by ODP Leg 171B (site 1049, hole A, core 17X, section 2) contains an ejecta bed (thickness ca. 17 cm) marking a late Cretaceous asteroid impact.
Premović Pavle I. +3 more
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Infrared Spectra and Vapor Pressures of Crystalline C2N2, with Comparisons to Crystalline HCN
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 In a continuation of our work on nitriles, we have examined cyanogen (C _2 N _2 ) as a crystalline solid, comparing the results to our recent work on crystalline hydrogen cyanide (HCN).
Reggie L. Hudson, Perry A. Gerakines
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Prompt, 2018 A major challenge in teaching is helping students integrate course concepts to understand the big picture of a field and apply those concepts in new situations.
Olivia H. Wilkins, Camillus F. Buzard
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