Polarized Starlight and the Handedness of Life
By Stuart Clark
The asymmetry of the amino acid molecules found in all living things may have originated in space billions of years ago
This Article From Issue
July-August 1999
Volume 87, Number 4
Page 336
DOI: 10.1511/1999.30.336
We are all made of star dust. This assertion is so well known that in some circles it has become a cliché.
Image from the film Deep Impact. Photofest.
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