Organic molecules in space (Introduction)

by David Turell , Thursday, February 28, 2013, 18:25 (4075 days ago)

Organic molecules can be made in space, but the article is over-hyped in inferring DNA can just pop out. The article admits there is required a multi-step process:-"One of the newly-discovered molecules, called cyanomethanimine, is one step in the process that chemists believe produces adenine, one of the four nucleobases that form the "rungs" in the ladder-like structure of DNA. The other molecule, called ethanamine, is thought to play a role in forming alanine, one of the twenty amino acids in the genetic code.
 
"Finding these molecules in an interstellar gas cloud means that important building blocks for DNA and amino acids can 'seed' newly-formed planets with the chemical precursors for life," said Anthony Remijan, of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).
 
In each case, the newly-discovered interstellar molecules are intermediate stages in multi-step chemical processes leading to the final biological molecule. Details of the processes remain unclear, but the discoveries give new insight on where these processes occur."-
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130228113436.htm