Cosmic rays pouring down from space constantly bombarded those molecules as they replicated, and developed over time.
When chemicals take on similar mirror shapes, they are known as chiral molecules.
This chirality of molecules is sometimes known as handedness, due to its relation to human hands.
This property of chiral molecules can have significant effects on reactions within living structures.
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Attempting to use the mirror twin can often result in unexpected often tragic results.
A single wrong-handed molecule in DNA can destroy its spiral structure.
About 90 percent of them are protons, with the remainder consisting of electrons and atomic nuclei.
In their journey across the galaxy, the electrically charged particles are deflected by magnetic fields.
This scrambles their paths and makes it impossible to trace their origins directly,NASA describes.
This energy strikes the atmosphere of Earth, where it breaks apart into fundamental sub-atomic particles.
Muons are exceptionally unstable, existing for just two millionths of a second.
These particles are also magnetically polarized meaning they all share the same magnetic polarization.
These electrons created each share the same magnetic polarization.
Right-handed molecules eventually won the struggle, becoming the basis of all biology.
The video below shows a look at how life on Earth may have started.
Such effects may also apply to worlds beyond the Earth, as well, researchers speculate.
Conditions like these likely extend far into the Cosmos.
We are irradiated all the time by cosmic rays.
And even on other planets, cosmic rays would have the same effects, Globus explained.
This article was originally published onThe Cosmic CompanionbyJames Maynard, founder and publisher of The Cosmic Companion.
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