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Prebiotic Interstellar Molecules

Prebiotic Interstellar Molecules is a class of organic molecules detected in interstellar space that serve as chemical precursors to biomolecules essential for life, distinguished by their formation in extraterrestrial environments prior to planetary system development.

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5.9K

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438

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222

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2017–2026

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Publications

103

High molecular diversity of extraterrestrial organic matter in Murchison meteorite revealed 40 years after its fall

Philippe Schmitt‐Kopplin, Z. Gabélica, Régis D. Gougeon et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 577 citations · Full text

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The ALMA Protostellar Interferometric Line Survey (PILS)

J. K. Jørgensen, M. H. D. van der Wiel, A. Coutens et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2016 · 396 citations · Full text

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Astrophysical and astrochemical insights into the origin of life

P. Ehrenfreund, William M. Irvine, L. Becker et al. · Reports on Progress in Physics · 2002 · 307 citations

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Organic Compounds in Meteorites

Edward Anders, Ryoichi Hayatsu, Martin H. Studier · Science · 1973 · 230 citations

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Molecular asymmetry in extraterrestrial chemistry: Insights from a pristine meteorite

Sandra Pizzarello, Yongsong Huang, Marcelo R. Alexandre · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 155 citations · Full text

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Authors

438

  1. RI
    Ralf I. Kaiser

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    9 publications · 395 citations

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  2. AC
    A. Coutens

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    6 publications · 685 citations

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  3. HC
    H. Calcutt

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    6 publications · 685 citations

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  4. KI
    Karin I. Öberg

    Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, United States

    6 publications · 719 citations

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  5. JK
    J. K. Jørgensen

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    6 publications · 685 citations

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Institutions

222

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    20 h-index

    74 publications

    3.9K citations

  2. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    13 h-index

    40 publications

    4.1K citations

  3. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    10 h-index

    35 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian

    Cambridge, United States

    10 h-index

    23 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics

    Garching bei München, Germany

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    928 citations

  6. Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory

    Florence, Italy

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.4K citations

  7. Natural History Museum Aarhus

    Aarhus, Denmark

    8 h-index

    34 publications

    4.9K citations

  8. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    23 publications

    1.3K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 12 publications · 607 citations

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  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics

    11 publications · 902 citations

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  3. Astrobiology

    9 publications · 669 citations

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  5. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

    4 publications · 181 citations

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