Conceptual image of meteoroids delivering nucleobases to ancient Earth (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Conceptual image of meteoroids delivering nucleobases to ancient Earth

Caption

Conceptual image of meteoroids delivering nucleobases to ancient Earth. The nucleobases are represented by structural diagrams with hydrogen atoms as white spheres, carbon as black, nitrogen as blue and oxygen as red.

Credit

Credits: NASA Goddard/CI Lab/Dan Gallagher

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