{"602671":{"#nid":"602671","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Asteroids May Show How Life on Earth Began with \u0027Time Capsule\u0027 Molecules","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWas life on Earth carried in an\u0026nbsp;asteroid? That\u0026#39;s the question being examined by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry\u0026#39;s\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/hud\/\u0022\u003ENicholas Hud\u003C\/a\u003E, who believes molecules within asteroids act as a time capsule that can help scientists piece together how compounds formed before life began. Understanding the intricacies of these molecules can help researchers get a better glimpse into the progression of life. The story was also covered by \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/article\/technology\/asteroids-will-help-understand-how-life-began-on-earth-study-118021900807_1.html\u0022\u003EBusiness Standard\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34651","created_gmt":"2018-02-20 21:46:24","changed_gmt":"2018-02-21 20:32:16","author":"mrosten3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Elizabeth Kornegay","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/asteroids-life-earth-time-capsule-molecules-810236","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"602526":{"id":"602526","type":"image","title":"Nicholas Hud, Center for Chemical Evolution","body":null,"created":"1518914066","gmt_created":"2018-02-18 00:34:26","changed":"1518914066","gmt_changed":"2018-02-18 00:34:26","alt":"Nicholas Hud, Center for Chemical Evolution","file":{"fid":"229640","name":"nicholas-hud2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nicholas-hud2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/nicholas-hud2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":611252,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/nicholas-hud2.jpg?itok=51m9YZTQ"}}},"media_ids":["602526"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"4504","name":"Nicholas Hud"},{"id":"177182","name":"asteroids"},{"id":"5926","name":"Molecules"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}