The black particles might also have played a part in prebiotic evolution as atom and molecule assembly structures, or as generators of other molecular structures that have been annihilated. High-speed ions can cause fragmentation, and mixtures of simple products form. Chemists see interstellar black matter as having aromatic and polycondensed heterocyclic structures, some of them similar to substances known on earth. Under the action of radiation black matter explodes, forming smaller fragments that are easier to identify. As an electrical conductor, black can regulate the chemistry and the balance of ions, radicals and molecules within interstellar clouds.
Black matter helps shield organic matter from radiation.
The smallest fragments resulting from the explosion of black matter probably give rise to organic molecules similar or identical to some already known on earth. The cosmochemistry of black matter may stimulate fresh interest on earth in research on the melanins, which so far has strayed along the wrong paths. G.W. Zajac, J.M. Gallas, J. Cheng, M. Eisner, S.C. Moss, A.E. Alvarado-Swaisgood. C.C. Felix, R.C. Sealy. B.J.R. Nicolaus, R.A. Nicolaus.