Canadian Meteor Contains Organic Matter Older Than the Sun
Again I speculate: when we finally figure out the true and complete story about the origin and development of life, it's going to be even weirder and cooler than we think it is now.
Anway, 'til then, here's some cool raw material for speculation.
(via Metafilter)
Again I speculate: when we finally figure out the true and complete story about the origin and development of life, it's going to be even weirder and cooler than we think it is now.
Anway, 'til then, here's some cool raw material for speculation.
(via Metafilter)
posted by Winston Smith at
4:36 PM
2 Comments:
Don't get too excited until someone mentions what molecules are present. Maybe they just mean methane, which we regard as organic for historical reasons but which can easily arise abiologically.
From what the story actually says, this finding only shows the presence of supernova-fused atoms that later reacted with each other.
Yeah, but the point is that they would, apparently, make convenient containers for something vaguely cellular to grow in.
As they admit, it's nothing more than a cool possibility at this point.
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