De ontdekking van tryptofaan op een ander hemellichaam dwingt ons na te denken over de geschiedenis van leven op onze aarde.Scientists found tryptophan, the ‘sleepy’ amino acid, in an asteroid. Here’s what it means:https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/27/science/tryptophan-asteroid-bennu-nasa-samplePrebiotic organic compounds in samples of asteroid Bennu indicate heterogeneous aqueous alteration:https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2512461122Hayabusa 2:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayabusa2OSIRIS-REx:https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSIRIS-RExTryptofaan:https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/TryptofaanNucleobase:https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/NucleobaseNucleobase synthesis in interstellar ices:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/S41467-019-12404-1.pdfCould nucleobases form in the ISM? A theoretical study in the horsehead nebula:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.03963De Zimmerman en Space podcast is gelicenseerd onder een Creative Commons CC0 1.0 licentie.http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0

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