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The building blocks of life, amino acids and nucleobases, are believed tohave been synthesized in the extreme conditions that prevail in space startingfrom simple molecules containing hydrogen, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen.However, the fate and role of amino acids and nucleobases when they aresubjected to similar processes largely remains unexplored. Here we report, forthe first time, that shock processed amino acids and nucleobases tend to formcomplex macroscale structures. Such structures are formed on timescales ofabout 2 ms. This discovery suggests that the building blocks of life could havepolymerized not just on Earth but on other planetary bodies. Our study alsoprovides further experimental evidence for the 'threads' observed in meteoritesbeing due to assemblages of (bio)molecules arising from impact induced shocks.

Complex macroscale structures formed by the shock processing of amino acids and nucleobases -- Implications to the Origins of life