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Evidence for Extraterrestrial Amino-acids and Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite

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Organic molecules found in meteorites seem to have been formed before the meteorites reached Earth.

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  1. Exobiology Division, Ames Research Center, NASA, Moffett Field, California, 94035

    KEITH KVENVOLDEN, JAMES LAWLESS, KATHERINE PERING, ETTA PETERSON, JOSE FLORES & CYRIL PONNAMPERUMA

  2. Department of Geology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024

    I. R. KAPLAN

  3. Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85281

    CARLETON MOORE

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KVENVOLDEN, K., LAWLESS, J., PERING, K. et al. Evidence for Extraterrestrial Amino-acids and Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite. Nature 228, 923–926 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228923a0

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