Galactic Clouds of Organic Molecules

Buhl, David

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Galactic Clouds of Organic Molecules

David Buhl⁶

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The discovery of immense organic clouds of gas embedded in the dusty regions of our Galaxy is of tremendous importance to the origin of life. It is within these clouds that the formation of stars and planetary systems is believed to take place. The collapse of these clouds to form stars takes place in a very small fraction of the astronomical lifetime of a star. It is precisely at this moment that the clouds of organic molecules appear.

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Departments of Biophysical Sciences and Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
J. Oró
Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
J. Oró
Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
S. L. Miller
Laboratory of Chemical Evolution, Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
C. Ponnamperuma
NASA, Washington, D.C., USA
R. S. Young (Head of Planetary Biology) (Head of Planetary Biology)

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Buhl, D. (1974). Galactic Clouds of Organic Molecules. In: Oró, J., Miller, S.L., Ponnamperuma, C., Young, R.S. (eds) Cosmochemical Evolution and the Origins of Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2239-2_3

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