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meteorite
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Rocks that fall from space. The Murchison meteorite, which landed in Australia in 1969, contains dozens of amino acids formed in space.
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Rocks that fall from space. The Murchison meteorite, which landed in Australia in 1969, contains dozens of amino acids formed in space.
From the big bang to meteorite
The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.
big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hhydrogen13.8 bn yrs ago
amino acidsdate unknown
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