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So far, scientists haven’t managed to come up with an abiotic explanation for oxygen-methane biosignatures.
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Elise Cutts, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2024
Continued abiotic reactions with formate could produce larger organic compounds like amino acids, which can be strung together into molecules essential for life, such as enzymes and other proteins.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
Organic carbon can be abiotic – that is, unrelated to a living organism.
—Amy J. Williams, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2024
Identifying abiotic reactions in nature could inform future lab experiments testing prebiotic chemistry, where researchers can tweak the conditions to more closely simulate early Earth or other worlds, Barge explained.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
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Elise Cutts, WIRED, 7 Apr. 2024
Continued abiotic reactions with formate could produce larger organic compounds like amino acids, which can be strung together into molecules essential for life, such as enzymes and other proteins.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
Organic carbon can be abiotic – that is, unrelated to a living organism.
—Amy J. Williams, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2024
Identifying abiotic reactions in nature could inform future lab experiments testing prebiotic chemistry, where researchers can tweak the conditions to more closely simulate early Earth or other worlds, Barge explained.
—Quanta Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
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“Abiotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abiotic. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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abiotic
adjective
abi·ot·ic
ˌā-bī-ˈät-ik 
: not living or composed of living things
water and rock are abiotic
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