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- These reactions could produce more reactive molecules that pave the way for life’s basic ingredients.
- The findings suggest frozen worlds may be more chemically active than once thought.
- Share: Facebook Pinterest LinkedIN Email FULL STORY Frozen hydrogen cyanide crystals may have acted as natural chemical reactors, jumpstarting life’s building blocks in icy environments.
- Credit: AI/ScienceDaily. com A chemical known for its danger to humans may have played an unexpected role in the earliest steps toward life on Earth.
- Hydrogen cyanide, which is highly poisonous, can freeze into crystals at low temperatures.
