Why the cosmic roots of life are in the Cosmos? [NOT TRANSLATED]
2012-05-04
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Llibreria La Rambla, Tarragona (Llibreria Rambla, Rambla Nova nº 99, 43001 Tarragona, Spain)
Stars are the source of all chemical elements, but those generated in the Big Bang. We can keep the memory of Solar System origins from stars by studying primitive meteorites.
Serveral space missions like e.g. Marco Polo-R (ESA), Osiris Rex (NASA) and Hayabusa 2 (JAXA) are devoted to achieve the sample return of pristine materials from primitive carbon- and
water-rich asteroids. The study in terrestrial laboratories of materials unbiased by impact and delivery processes experienced by carbonac … [NOT TRANSLATED]