New research offers novel insights into the cosmic evolution of amino acids

All organic amino acids on Earth seem completely of their left-handed kind, however the cause underlying this commentary is elusive. Just lately, scientists uncovered new clues in regards to the cosmic origin of this asymmetry. Primarily based on the optical properties of amino acids discovered on the Murchison meteorite, they performed physics-based simulations, revealing that the precursors to the organic amino acids might have decided the amino acid chirality throughout the early section of galactic evolution.