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author Jimenez-Serra, Izaskun
Cosentino, Giuliana
Montenegro-Montes, Francisco
Colzi, Laura
Rivilla, Victor M.
Sanz-Novo, Miguel
Rey-Montejo, Marta
Andres, David San
Martin, Sergio
Zeng, Shaoshan
Palluet, Amelie Godard
Requena-Torres, Miguel A.
Molpeceres, German
Klassen, Pamela
Johnston, Doug
Fontani, Francesco
Spezzano, Silvia
Redaelli, Elena
Kalvans, Juris
Aikawa, Yuri
Tercero, Belen
de Vicente, Pablo
Viti, Serena
Cocinero, Emilio J.
Insausti, Aran
author_facet Jimenez-Serra, Izaskun
Cosentino, Giuliana
Montenegro-Montes, Francisco
Colzi, Laura
Rivilla, Victor M.
Sanz-Novo, Miguel
Rey-Montejo, Marta
Andres, David San
Martin, Sergio
Zeng, Shaoshan
Palluet, Amelie Godard
Requena-Torres, Miguel A.
Molpeceres, German
Klassen, Pamela
Johnston, Doug
Fontani, Francesco
Spezzano, Silvia
Redaelli, Elena
Kalvans, Juris
Aikawa, Yuri
Tercero, Belen
de Vicente, Pablo
Viti, Serena
Cocinero, Emilio J.
Insausti, Aran
contents Contrary to popular belief, the interstellar medium (ISM) is not empty; it is filled with atoms, dust particles, and molecules. Some of these molecules may have been the very building blocks of life that, delivered to Earth via comets and meteorites, could have given rise to Life itself. A large-area single-dish telescope with superb sensitivity, field-of-view and multi-band instruments will allow us to explore the limits of chemical complexity in the interstellar medium, across our Galaxy and in external galaxies, determining whether amino acids, sugars, or RNA/DNA nucleobases can form in space.
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spellingShingle The Emergence of Prebiotic Chemistry in the ISM
Jimenez-Serra, Izaskun
Cosentino, Giuliana
Montenegro-Montes, Francisco
Colzi, Laura
Rivilla, Victor M.
Sanz-Novo, Miguel
Rey-Montejo, Marta
Andres, David San
Martin, Sergio
Zeng, Shaoshan
Palluet, Amelie Godard
Requena-Torres, Miguel A.
Molpeceres, German
Klassen, Pamela
Johnston, Doug
Fontani, Francesco
Spezzano, Silvia
Redaelli, Elena
Kalvans, Juris
Aikawa, Yuri
Tercero, Belen
de Vicente, Pablo
Viti, Serena
Cocinero, Emilio J.
Insausti, Aran
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Contrary to popular belief, the interstellar medium (ISM) is not empty; it is filled with atoms, dust particles, and molecules. Some of these molecules may have been the very building blocks of life that, delivered to Earth via comets and meteorites, could have given rise to Life itself. A large-area single-dish telescope with superb sensitivity, field-of-view and multi-band instruments will allow us to explore the limits of chemical complexity in the interstellar medium, across our Galaxy and in external galaxies, determining whether amino acids, sugars, or RNA/DNA nucleobases can form in space.
title The Emergence of Prebiotic Chemistry in the ISM
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.14772