Russian scientists from Samara National Research University. Academician SP Queen has taken another step towards uncovering the origin of life on Earth as part of an international team. The results of the research were published in the journal Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
According to a group of scientists, the synthesis of the simplest organic matter under conditions simulating space ice will provide clues to the emergence of organic life.
Scientists from Samara have synthesized methylglyoxal (CH3C(O)CHO) under near-space conditions for the first time by irradiating ice composed of carbon monoxide and acetaldehyde using electron flows in high vacuum at liquid helium temperatures.
“Methylglyoxal can serve as an important precursor of sugars, sugar acids and amino acids,” said Ivan Antonov, associate professor of the Department of Physics at Samara University.
Before this, American astronomers affiliated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the first time to create There are traces of carbon dioxide on Pluto’s largest moon, Charon.
Russian scientists before was created Vodka-powered space engines.