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Cell-like vesicles created using materials known to exist in interstellar space
Cell-like vesicles created using materials known to exist in interstellar space

This is a vesicle (~10 µm across) glowing under black light in the microscope made from the bulk residue. Proof that it is a hollow vesicle, rather than a simple drop of oil, is the green pyranine dye which we have trapped inside of it.

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Date Released: January 29, 2001

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Droplets created using materials known to exist in interstellar space exhibit cell-like complexityDroplets created using materials known to exist in interstellar space exhibit cell-like complexity

These droplets (small ones are ~10 µm across) glowing under black light in the microscope show internal structure and suggest chemical complexity. They are from a chemically separated fraction of the bulk residue.

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Date Released: January 29, 2001

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Cell-like droplets created using materials known to exist in interstellar spaceCell-like droplets created using materials known to exist in interstellar space

These droplets (~10 µm across) show structures reminiscent of cells (although they are not alive). They are from a chemically separated fraction of the bulk residue.

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Date Released: January 29, 2001

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