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Organic Molecules from Hydrothermal Vents?
January 23, 2013 | NASA

NASA is running laboratory experiments designed to mimic the conditions at hydrothermal vents on the seafloor of ancient oceans. They are trying to determine if the vents might have been the source of simple organic molecules such as ethane, methane and amino acids.


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