Melanin in Interstellar space

Student: Jordan Tejeda
Table: MED1
Experimentation location: Home
Regulated Research (Form 1c): No
Project continuation (Form 7): No

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Abstract:

Bibliography/Citations:

 

 

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MedCrave Publishing. (2018, January 10). The origin of life according to Melanin. MOJ Cell Science & Report. Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://medcraveonline.com/MOJCSR/the-origin-of-life-according-to-melanin.html 

Extremophiles- a clue to origin of life and biology of other planets. (n.d.). Retrieved March 8, 2023, from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317066864_EXTREMOPHILES-_A_CLUE_TO_ORIGIN_OF_LIFE_AND_BIOLOGY_OF_OTHER_PLANETS 

 

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Research Plan:

I will be doing a content analysis of articles, NASA resources and scientists' claims and evidence. In the end, I will have evidence, and what I mean by that is, I looked in other research, hypotheses, and evidence, that there is a possibly of melanin in space. I will be looking mainly at three scientists that are very important in my research: Marco, Dr. Arturo, and Ekatrina. These three scientists have helped shape my thinking for this research. They also helped me look into more sources and research done by other scientists. 

Questions and Answers

1. What was the major objective of your project and what was your plan to achieve it? 

To show the probability of melanin in space, and my plan is to show it through theories and some evidence that could back it up.

       a. Was that goal the result of any specific situation, experience, or problem you encountered?  

It's not a problem, however I want to show people that space might not be dead.

       b. Were you trying to solve a problem, answer a question, or test a hypothesis?

I am creating a hypothesis, not exactly answering anything, I am showing what could probably be true.

2. What were the major tasks you had to perform in order to complete your project?

I am doing a huge reasearch on this topic, and looking for links articles, and other articles that doing talk about melanin, but talk about life in space.

       a. For teams, describe what each member worked on.

I do not have a team.

3. What is new or novel about your project?

The research isn't new, however this topic is not heavily research.

       a. Is there some aspect of your project's objective, or how you achieved it that you haven't done before?

The exploration for melanin in space hasn't been done, they do have something for detecting chemical compounds in space.

       b. Is your project's objective, or the way you implemented it, different from anything you have seen?

I think its not different, I am doing what other scinetist did to, becasue they all dont have solid information on this topic being true or not.

       c. If you believe your work to be unique in some way, what research have you done to confirm that it is?

I believe it is unique, becasue I am talking about life being in space, I also might be talking about the probability that we are from space.

4. What was the most challenging part of completing your project?

Finding credible information from scientist, and not just people making assumptions.

      a. What problems did you encounter, and how did you overcome them?

I have encountered not many problems, I did find some roadblocks for some ways I tried to reach things, but I had to research it a different way.

      b. What did you learn from overcoming these problems?

I learn that you can find a lot on web, and all you need to do is just search for it, and you gotta be greedy for this information, because if you are not, then you aren't going to find what you need, but what you want.

5. If you were going to do this project again, are there any things you would you do differently the next time?

I would probably try to do a experiment, however I dont know if thats possible itself.

6. Did working on this project give you any ideas for other projects? 

To search for life in space, is one idea.

7. How did COVID-19 affect the completion of your project?

It did not affect me much really.