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Constraints for Use of Ultraviolet Spectropolarimetry to Detect Chiral Amino Acids from Comets

Gómez de Castro, Ana I.; De Isidro-Gómez, Ana I.

Life is pervasive on planet Earth, but whether life is ubiquitous in the Galaxy and sustainable over timescales comparable to stellar evolution is unknown. Evidence suggests that life first appeared on Earth more than 3.77 Gyr ago, during a period of heavy meteoric bombardment. Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, have been demonstrated t…