HTTP:: Comet Reveals Life Precursor Chemical
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Over the past years, a significant portion of the international astronomical community has come to the conclusion that life on our planet must have originally come from comets. Of course, it is not talking about bacteria or other types of microorganisms, but about the chemicals that were needed for the initial reactions that first led to the formation of amino-acids to take place. Now, this theory is further added on, as the amino-acid glycine, which is an essential component of all living things, has been discovered to exist on the comet Wild 2. Previously discovered comets that fell on the Earth billions of years ago have already revealed traces of interesting chemicals, and some theories say that even the platinum that can now be found on the planet came from space, Wired informs. “If you’re seeing amino acids in comets, then that really gives credence to the idea that the basic components of life are going to be widespread throughout the universe. It’s one thing!
for me to do it in the lab and say it should be so, but it’s another thing for somebody to actually measure it,†NASA Astrobiology Institute planetary biologist Max Bernstein, who has not been part of the new investigation, explains. The sample of material from Wild 2 that has been recently analyzed came fro...
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