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36: Scientific Language Models, The Smell of Space, and Forgotten Olympic Events

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Are They Looking for Amino Acids?

In 2022, an asteroid dubbed 162-173-Riuging. Ryuuging was found to have amino acids on it. Proving amino acids exist in a subsurface of asteroids increases the likelihood that the compounds arrived on Earth from space. It also means that amino acids can likely be found on other planets and natural satellites,. hinting that life could have been in more places in the universe than previously thought. Tim Peak: Were they looking for paths? They weren't looking for paths. Carbon? I'm just... Yeah? You're not Humans.

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