Can Stellar Flares Activate Prebiotic Chemistry?

了解生命起源前的化学对于了解生命的起源和生命在其他行星上发展的可能性至关重要。到目前为止，紫外线已经被证明可以在恒定强度的照射下激活益生元反应。通过实验性恒星模拟器FlareLab，现在可以研究在不同的恒星条件和不同的燃烧条件下（例如M矮星的燃烧行为），生物化学如何变化（以及是否仍然可能）。

Understanding prebiotic chemistry is vital to understanding the origin of life and the likelihood of life developing on other planets. So far UV light has been shown to activate prebiotic reactions with irradiation at constant intensity. With the experimental stellar simulator, FlareLab, it is now possible to investigate how prebiotic chemistry changes (and if it is still possible) at different stellar conditions and different flaring conditions (e.g. flaring behaviour due to M-dwarves).