[HN Gopher] Astronomers discover complex carbon molecules in int...
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       Astronomers discover complex carbon molecules in interstellar space
        
       Author : Brajeshwar
       Score  : 60 points
       Date   : 2024-10-25 15:46 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.sciencealert.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.sciencealert.com)
        
       | JanisErdmanis wrote:
       | > This discovery also links to another important finding of the
       | last decade - the first chiral molecule in the interstellar
       | medium, propylene oxide. We need chiral molecules to make the
       | evolution of simple lifeforms work on the surface of the early
       | Earth.
       | 
       | It would be really amazing if we were able to know if both
       | chiralities are equally represented in the space. Apart from the
       | life itself it is astonishingly interesting how life evolved to
       | be monochiral.
        
         | echelon wrote:
         | Samples from space of an iso-energetic chiral molecule are
         | going to show a racemic mix. Unless there's a discrete reaction
         | path favoring handedness.
        
         | westurner wrote:
         | Does propylene oxide demonstrate a "propeller effect" like some
         | other handed chiral molecules?
         | 
         | From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41873531 :
         | 
         | > _" Chiral Colloidal Molecules And Observation of The
         | Propeller Effect"
         | https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3856768/_
        
       | kunley wrote:
       | Just saying that on the same webpage there was a link to an
       | article about the guy with three p*nises...
        
         | SoftTalker wrote:
         | uBlock is your friend unless you're in to that sort of thing.
         | Not that there's anything _wrong_ with it...
        
         | notahacker wrote:
         | Hate to disappoint anyone searching, but it turns out two of
         | them were vestigial and fully enclosed, to the point the
         | deceased individual probably never realized it. Although if he
         | did, giving his body to medical science was a great way to let
         | everybody else know...
        
           | kunley wrote:
           | I was rather under impression that this whole news source was
           | just spreading things catchy but made up, including said
           | carbomolecule..
        
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