Loads of Precursors For RNA Have Been Detected in The Center of Our Galaxy

The Milky Way's heart is believed to be a hub for the creation ofRNA.

A new survey of the thick,molecular clouds that shroud the galactic center has shown the presence of a wide range of nitriles that are often toxic in isolation, but also constitute the building blocks of molecule essential for life.

Implications for our understanding of how life emerged in the Universe and how it did so here on Earth can be found in the increase in the number of prebiotics.

According to Vctor Rivilla of the Spanish National Research Council and the National Institute of Aeronautical Technology, the chemistry in the interstellar medium is able to form multiple nitriles.

It is a mystery how life came about on Earth. It will give important clues to discover exoplanets likely to harbor living organisms.

One version of the theory is that the first iteration of the molecule was self-replicating and self-diversifying all on its own.

We can put together more and more clues to figure out how plausible this scenario is, even though we won't get direct evidence from Earth. The hypothesis raises questions about the source of nitriles. Were they here from the beginning or were they carried in from space?

The inner Solar System was bombarded with asteroids very early in its history. We've found conjugates on comets and asteroids. Where do comets and asteroids come from?

Clouds that give birth to stars are cold. There are planets, comets, asteroids, and dwarf planets after a star forms from a section of cloud.

The birth cloud of the Solar System is gone, but the center of the universe is thick with clouds. Scientists have found a bunch of prebiotics in the CentralMolecular Zone.

There is a cloud named G+0.693-0.027. Scientists think a star or stars will form there in the future, despite there being no evidence yet.

Rivilla said that the chemical content of G+0.693-0.027 is similar to those of other star-forming regions and comets.

The study can give us important insights about the chemical ingredients that were found in the nebula that gave rise to our planetary system.

The researchers used telescopes to look at the light coming from the clouds. The spectrum can be seen as a dark or lighter line when certain elements absorb and re-emit light. The absorption and emission lines can be difficult to interpret, but they can be used to identify which molecule is present.

Rivilla and his colleagues were able to identify a range of nitriles by studying emission features. They made tentative detections of two chemicals.

There were previous observations that showed the presence of cyanoformaldehyde. The most basic building blocks for RNA can be found in the clouds that give birth to stars and planets, suggesting that nitriles are among the most abundant chemical families.

There is still more to be done.

Izaskun Jiménez-Serra is an astronomer who works for the Spanish National Research Council and the National Institute of Aeronautical Technology.

Key missing molecule are hard to detect. The formation of the first cells probably depended on other molecules such as lipids, which is why we know about the origin of life on Earth. We need to understand how lipids could be formed from simpler precursors.

It has been published in a journal.