The Murchison meteorite fell to Earth on 28 September 1969 near the town of Murchison in Victoria, Australia. It is one of the most studied meteorites and its value lies in the fact that it was found immediately after it landed, thus limiting the risks of terrestrial contamination that could confuse any chemical analysis. Exhaustive tests on the rock have revealed that it contains a rich variety of organic molecules, such as amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins, and nucleobases, found in DNA, the vital molecule of inheritance. Many scientists believe that the meteorite provides strong evidence of an extraterrestrial origin of life's building blocks.
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Erda: The Story Of Earth
Historical FictionThe known and unknown story of Earth and how life evovled in it and elsewhere
