Extraterrestrial amino acids identified in metal‐rich CH and CB carbonaceous chondrites from Antarctica

• Published in: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• Main Authors: Burton, Aaron S., Elsila, Jamie E., Hein, Jason E., Glavin, Daniel P., Dworkin, Jason P.
• Other Authors: NASA Postdoctoral Program fellowship, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Astrobiology Institute and the Goddard Center for Astrobiology and the NASA Cosmochemistry and Exobiology Programs
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Allan Hills; MacAlpine Hills; Miller Range; Patuxent Range; Pecora Escarpment; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12063; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmaps.12063; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/maps.12063

Abstract Carbonaceous chondrites contain numerous indigenous organic compounds and could have been an important source of prebiotic compounds required for the origin of life on Earth or elsewhere. Extraterrestrial amino acids have been reported in five of the eight groups of carbonaceous chondrites...