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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: organic compounds

organic compounds stories: 2 news summaries

 Saturn Moon Holds 
 Recipe for Life  

Life's 'building blocks' found in massive geysers

Mar 27, 08 9:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Basic components of life like heat, organic chemicals, and water have been found on a Saturn moon, Reuters reports. A spacecraft flying over Enceladus this month spotted 500-mile-high geysers spouting off its surface, containing water vapor and the organic molecules found in living things. Though no one’s saying there’... More »

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space • extraterrestrial life • Saturn • solar system • moon • organic compounds • Enceladus • geyser

 Methane Found on Far-off Planet

Compound, crucial ingredient in early-life chemistry, detected 63 light years away

Mar 19, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Methane, one of the simplest compounds known to play a role in the chemical genesis of life, was discovered for the first time to exist on a planet outside Earth’s solar system, the BBC reports. The planet, designated HD 189733b, is 63 light years away and also contains water,... More »

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Hubble • space • methane • extraterrestrial life • Spitzer orbiting telescope • carbon • Jupiter • extrasolar planets • gas giant • prebiotic chemicals • organic compounds

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