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Miller-Urey Synthesis in the Nuclei of Galaxies

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The most promising venues for the synthesis of prebiotic molecules by Miller-Urey type processes may be found near the centres of galaxies. Explosions of supermassive stars would produce the basic chemical elements necessary to make molecules in high-density mass flows that are then acted upon by ionizing radiation, thus simulating the conditions needed for Miller-Urey type processing.

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Wickramasinghe, N., Hoyle, F. Miller-Urey Synthesis in the Nuclei of Galaxies. Astrophysics and Space Science 259, 99–103 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1001579504620

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