Some of that dust reached Earth as it attached itself to an asteroid that produced the Murchison meteorite in Victoria, Australia. "This is one of the most exciting studies I've worked on ...

For years scientists had been finding organic compounds in meteorites, but could not rule out the possibility that they were Earth-based contamination. Then, in 1969, the Murchison meteorite ...

Making amino acids is tricky, even in the laboratory. We know amino acids exist in some kinds of meteorites and interplanetary dust particles. When they rain down on a planet's surface ...

For the study, the researchers conducted a series of laboratory experiments with organic matter obtained from the Murchison meteorite to simulate conditions on Titan that could help explain how its ...

A diagram of left-handed and right-handed versions of the amino acid isovaline, found in the Murchison meteorite. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...