Question: In a recent new discovery, which of the following molecule, an important life Ingredient 100,000 light years away, found in a cold molecular cloud G+0.693-0.027, in Deep Space?
a) Ethanolamine
b) Methylamine
c) Glycol
d) Uric acid
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:-
- In a recent new discovery, astronomers spotted important life Ingredient in Deep Space.
- They have found spectral signature of a molecule called ethanolamine in a molecular cloud near the center of our galaxy.
- Ethanolamine is part of the heads of those phospholipids found in the membranes around our cells.
- Simulations have shown that ethanolamine could help form an amino acid called glycine. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.
- Spanish-led team of Astronomers for this purpose used the data from the IRAM and Yerkes radio telescopes.
- This time an important life Ingredient, astronomers was able to draw out, is ethanolamine, an important component of cell walls.
- The presence of this important life ingredient suggests that the building blocks of life actually form in interstellar space.
- With this discovery now scientists think that it may already have been part of the mix when planets and asteroids started forming in our solar system.
- A spectrum of ethanolamine was spotted 100,000 light years away in a cold molecular cloud named as G+0.693-0.027.
- Astronomer observed that G+0.693-0.027 is one of the most chemically rich reservoirs of molecules in the galaxy.
- Slow collisions between masses of gas and dust triggered chemical reactions on the icy surfaces of dust grains.
- Those reactions gradually converted other, simpler combinations of nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon into ethanolamine.
- The fact that we are finding, , key prebiotic precursors present in interstellar molecular clouds is telling us that the simplest chemical pieces needed for life are likely spread across the Galaxy.
- This chemical feedstock will be available for the formation of new stars and planets, in which, under the right physical conditions, new forms of life might arise.
By – Rajesh Tripathi
Links:-
https://www.inverse.com/science/ethanolamine-found-in-space-cloud