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Aarhus University

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Caption

A graphical representation of glycine on a surface in the interstellar medium bombarded by cosmic rays to produce peptides, the building block of proteins.

Credit

Alfred Thomas Hopkinson. The stars are adapted from NIRCam image of the Cosmic Cliffs - NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI.

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