... fundamental ingredients of life as we know it are amino acids; a simple organic compound containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, that build on one another to form proteins. To start the building process though, amino acids also need...
... which are then lost to space, allowing for longer-chain chemical reactions to take place involving carbon or nitrogen. Tentative fingerprints of methane, along with water ice have potentially been observed on Ultima by LEISA, say Stern...
... say Kamata and colleagues. What’s more the gas in the hydrates is most likely methane, and not nitrogen, which is what Sputnik Planitia is thought to be composed of. These molecules once released, then escape to help fill up Pluto...
... certain, but perhaps somewhere you wouldn’t want to go for a swim. Also like Earth, Titan is encased by a thick nitrogen atmosphere, but unlike our temperate planet, given the enormous distance separating it from the Sun – some...
..., so naturally many astronomers are eager to trace back the history of mergers. "Our next step is to search for nitrogen, another major chemical element, and even the carbon monoxide molecule," said Akio Inoue, a professor at Waseda...
... spacecraft will separate and the eight SuperDraco thrusters, which burn a high-pressure mix of hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide propellants, will burn to completion. The spacecraft is planned to splash down under its upgraded Mark 3 parachutes...