Advanced electron microscope finds UK meteorite fall contains life’s chemical precursors
19 Feb 2024
Meteorite analysis Illustration showing how an extremely thin slice of the Winchcombe meteorite, targeting a region-of-interest rich in carbon-containing chemicals, can be precisely extracted for examination using either an X-ray beam (at Diamond Light Source) or the electron microscope (at SuperSTEM). (Courtesy: D M Kepaptsoglou, SuperSTEM)
The meteorite that fell on a Gloucestershire driveway in 2021 contained amino acids and nucleobases
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