Unveiling the Secrets of a Red Kuiper Belt Object: Could it be a Sugar World? #space #astrobiology
📡 Have you ever wondered what lies beyond our solar system’s familiar planets? Buckle up, space explorers, because today we’re diving deep into the fascinating world of Arrokoth, a distant Kuiper Belt object visited by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. This reddish, icy world holds a surprising secret: its color might be caused by cosmic rays blasting its surface!
🚀 Join us as we explore a new lab experiment that sheds light on the mysteries of Arrokoth. We’ll see how scientists are recreating the harsh space environment to understand how methanol ice transforms into the reddish hues we see on this distant object. But the plot thickens! The experiment reveals not just any coloring agent, but the formation of sugars, including the fundamental building block of life, ribose!
🔎 Could Arrokoth be a treasure trove of pre-biotic ingredients, delivered by comets to early Earth?
💫 This video will take you on a thrilling journey to the farthest reaches of our solar system, unraveling the secrets of a mysterious red object. So, grab your spacesuit and get ready to explore!
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Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Roman Tkachenko
Reference:
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2320215121
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