Stardust The Cosmic Seeds of Life /

• Main Author: Kwok, Sun. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Astronomers' Universe,
• Subjects: Physics.; Chemistry, Organic.; Life sciences.; Astrophysics.; Astrobiology.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Biogeosciences.; Organic Chemistry.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32802-2

How did life originate on Earth? For over 50 years, scientists believed that life was the result of a chemical reaction involving simple molecules such as methane and ammonia cooking in a primordial soup. Recent space observations have revealed that old stars are capable of making very complex organ...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Where do we come from?
• 2. Rocks and dust in the planetary neighborhood
• 3. Impacts from beyond
• 4. Descendants of stars
• 5. Glowing in the dark
• 6. Star dust in our eyes
• 7. The oldest and brightest
• 8. Neon signs in the sky
• 9. Stars as molecular factories
• 10. Smoke from stellar chimneys
• 11. Gems from Heaven
• 12. Diamonds in the sky
• 13. A mysterious red glow
• 14. A celestial origin for oil?
• 15. Organics in our Solar System
• 16. Stardust in our hands
• 17. Bacteria in space?
• 18. Comets: messengers from the past
• 19. Where do oceans come from?
• 20. Playing God with primordial soup
• 21. Stardust and origin of life
• 22. Our place in the Universe
• 23. Bibliography
• 24. Appendix I. Scientific notation
• 25. Appendix II. Units of measurement
• 26. Appendix III Color and Temperature
• 27. Appendix IV: Naming convention of astronomical objects
• 28. Appendix V Elemental abundance
• 29. Appendix VI Mass and energy
• 30. Glossary.