Interstellar findings
Interstellar findings
One of the organic molecules recently found in the space is possible a precursor of later amino-acids, and if anything, a learning model according to which we can find more about organic molecules in the space. It is found in the Central Molecular Zone, a system of clouds rich in molecular gas. Following the spectrum in the lab, scientists were able to recognize the exact type of molecules and their specific position in the cloud. It was called propargylimine.
Known chemical configuration was just one type but it was possible to develop several configurations in the lab with 1000 rotational transitions and discover a very interesting pattern (using Strecker synthesis process) of molecules with a double carbon-nitrogen bond. As we know, molecules with such bond are part of every living creature and could lead us to more information about life and its creation. Every molecule found in this Central Molecular Zone has its chemical fingerprint, observed and confirmed with absorption and emission lines on the electromagnetic spectrum. Radio telescopes are widely used for recording chemical fingerprints as well as for emission of protons, which are emitted by molecules at very precise frequencies, according to Bizzocchi (Astrochemist, from the Max Planck Institute, Germany).
"With this double bond, it becomes a fundamental constituent of the chemical chains that lead from the simplest and most abundant molecules in space containing carbon and nitrogen - for example formaldehyde (H2CO) and ammonia (NH3), respectively - to the more complex amino acids, the fundamental building blocks of terrestrial biology.” (Bizzocchi)
Previously found molecular gases in this area are ethyl formate, iso-propyl cyanide, propylene oxide. Observation is made using a 30-metre telescope in Sierra Nevada, Spain and the specific position of this cloud is described as: G+0.693-0.027.
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