{ "Where did the Murchison meteorite make landfall?": [ "OR", { "Australia": [ "f98cef20-22d6-4daf-aae8-2ebb38f4a5c9", "5cc77ad6-8969-49e0-88fe-a6676ea76ba8", "2260848f-35ee-4e1a-af83-552be3589d77", "f6586f74-a7d3-4441-ab53-dac9527d0efd", "19ea586a-b142-44a1-864e-9afd800543a8", "a76ab512-ff67-4bb8-b808-fd4442949552", "60b2d51d-42d5-4395-9187-5304d7167a17", "f6162a96-ba7a-405b-99d8-8b5d824c19fc", "77551b50-1271-4753-b2ee-198f460f82a2", "24fc377f-a4f3-4bbc-8c92-4714466397c0", "520b57ff-20be-4c0b-9646-11dfd847e05a", "3537d444-0bde-4f4f-beef-1ca7c730b748" ], "Murchison, Australia": [ "f98cef20-22d6-4daf-aae8-2ebb38f4a5c9", "f6586f74-a7d3-4441-ab53-dac9527d0efd", "75f0b9e0-8d79-49c0-9a2d-ea6393353541", "a76ab512-ff67-4bb8-b808-fd4442949552", "60b2d51d-42d5-4395-9187-5304d7167a17", "f6162a96-ba7a-405b-99d8-8b5d824c19fc", "cc1d103a-3d0a-4256-bbfa-0814159c641f", "818d2a73-7548-4aa6-8cfd-21cab5b8382d", "96db9634-a38f-4f97-a192-e552407cf238", "5f494aa6-b7f6-49fa-b814-28e38c181e52" ], "Muchison, Victoria state, Australia": [ "e386f1f4-7219-4455-bbcc-e2be5cd2e1f6" ] } ], "How heavy was the Murchison meteorite?": [ "OR", { "100 kilograms": [ "f98cef20-22d6-4daf-aae8-2ebb38f4a5c9" ] } ], "The presolar grains in the Murchison meteorite were mostly composed of what?": [ "OR", { "Silicon Carbide": [] } ], "How old were these grains?": [ "OR", { "Between 5 and 7 billion years old": [ "f98cef20-22d6-4daf-aae8-2ebb38f4a5c9", "5cc77ad6-8969-49e0-88fe-a6676ea76ba8", "f6586f74-a7d3-4441-ab53-dac9527d0efd", "75f0b9e0-8d79-49c0-9a2d-ea6393353541", "60b2d51d-42d5-4395-9187-5304d7167a17", "2260848f-35ee-4e1a-af83-552be3589d77", "5f494aa6-b7f6-49fa-b814-28e38c181e52" ], "Between 4.6 and 7.5 billion years old": [ "cc1d103a-3d0a-4256-bbfa-0814159c641f", "24fc377f-a4f3-4bbc-8c92-4714466397c0", "818d2a73-7548-4aa6-8cfd-21cab5b8382d" ], "7 billion years old": [ "e386f1f4-7219-4455-bbcc-e2be5cd2e1f6", "818d2a73-7548-4aa6-8cfd-21cab5b8382d", "3537d444-0bde-4f4f-beef-1ca7c730b748" ], "7.5 billion years old": [ "cc1d103a-3d0a-4256-bbfa-0814159c641f", "520b57ff-20be-4c0b-9646-11dfd847e05a" ], "7.4 billion years old": [ "77551b50-1271-4753-b2ee-198f460f82a2" ], "Between 4.6 and 7 billion years old": [ "e386f1f4-7219-4455-bbcc-e2be5cd2e1f6" ] } ], "How does the age of the grains compare to that of our Solar System?": [ "AND", { "They are older than the Sun": [ "f98cef20-22d6-4daf-aae8-2ebb38f4a5c9", "5cc77ad6-8969-49e0-88fe-a6676ea76ba8", "60b2d51d-42d5-4395-9187-5304d7167a17", "f6586f74-a7d3-4441-ab53-dac9527d0efd", "2260848f-35ee-4e1a-af83-552be3589d77", "e386f1f4-7219-4455-bbcc-e2be5cd2e1f6" ], "They are older than the Earth": [ "60b2d51d-42d5-4395-9187-5304d7167a17", "f98cef20-22d6-4daf-aae8-2ebb38f4a5c9", "e386f1f4-7219-4455-bbcc-e2be5cd2e1f6" ], "They are olderyhan the Solar System": [ "77551b50-1271-4753-b2ee-198f460f82a2", "24fc377f-a4f3-4bbc-8c92-4714466397c0", "e386f1f4-7219-4455-bbcc-e2be5cd2e1f6", "818d2a73-7548-4aa6-8cfd-21cab5b8382d", "3537d444-0bde-4f4f-beef-1ca7c730b748" ] } ], "What other materials do we have that are older than the Solar System?": [ "OR", { "Nothing older than presolar grains": [ "60b2d51d-42d5-4395-9187-5304d7167a17", "f98cef20-22d6-4daf-aae8-2ebb38f4a5c9" ], "Presolar grains": [ "cc1d103a-3d0a-4256-bbfa-0814159c641f", "e386f1f4-7219-4455-bbcc-e2be5cd2e1f6", "818d2a73-7548-4aa6-8cfd-21cab5b8382d", "5f494aa6-b7f6-49fa-b814-28e38c181e52", "3537d444-0bde-4f4f-beef-1ca7c730b748" ], "Dust particles": [ "77551b50-1271-4753-b2ee-198f460f82a2" ] } ], "What if any organic compounds were found in the Murchison meteorite?": [ "AND", { "Amino acids": [ "19ea586a-b142-44a1-864e-9afd800543a8", "f6162a96-ba7a-405b-99d8-8b5d824c19fc", "96db9634-a38f-4f97-a192-e552407cf238" ], "Ribose": [ "46c8ae2a-624a-4b64-9414-48bb7fcfd0ef", "f6162a96-ba7a-405b-99d8-8b5d824c19fc" ], "Other sugars": [ "46c8ae2a-624a-4b64-9414-48bb7fcfd0ef", "f6162a96-ba7a-405b-99d8-8b5d824c19fc" ], "Nucleobase": [], "Sugar compounds": [], "Purines and pyrimidines": [ "96db9634-a38f-4f97-a192-e552407cf238" ] } ], "What does the discovery of sugars in the meteorite indicate about the origin of life on Earth?": [ "OR", { "Asteroids could have supplied organic molecules": [ "46c8ae2a-624a-4b64-9414-48bb7fcfd0ef" ] } ], "What advances could the discovery of water molecules in the Murchison meteorite lead to?": [ "OR", { "A process for extracting water on the moon or elsewhere in space": [ "a76ab512-ff67-4bb8-b808-fd4442949552" ] } ], "What did the scientists use pieces of the meteorite for?": [ "OR", { "To work out algorithms for identifying extraterrestrial life": [ "46c8ae2a-624a-4b64-9414-48bb7fcfd0ef" ], "To get to know what the universe looked like before Earth was formed": [ "24fc377f-a4f3-4bbc-8c92-4714466397c0" ], "To know the origin of stars, carbon atoms in the human body, and even the origin of oxygen in the air": [ "5f494aa6-b7f6-49fa-b814-28e38c181e52" ], "To get a glimpse into how galaxies form": [ "77551b50-1271-4753-b2ee-198f460f82a2" ], " To determine the age of this stardust": [ "818d2a73-7548-4aa6-8cfd-21cab5b8382d" ], "To study whether new stars form at a steady rate": [ "cc1d103a-3d0a-4256-bbfa-0814159c641f", "e386f1f4-7219-4455-bbcc-e2be5cd2e1f6" ], "To discover if the numbers of new stars vary at different times": [ "cc1d103a-3d0a-4256-bbfa-0814159c641f" ], "To get clues about the rate of star formation in the Milky Way": [ "e386f1f4-7219-4455-bbcc-e2be5cd2e1f6" ] } ] }