RETURN TO ISSUEPREVNewsNEXTScienceLife on earth: from chemicals in space?Scientists propose that organic ingredients of terrestrial life existed in the solar system before the earth formedCite this: Chem. Eng. News 1973, 51, 47, 20–22Publication Date (Print):November 19, 1973Publication History Published online12 November 2010Published inissue 19 November 1973https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-v051n047.p020Copyright © 1973 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETYArticle Views6Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (639 KB) Get e-Alerts