dna in meteorite

I_give_it_2_u_str8
I_give_it_2_u_str8 Posts: 680 Member
edited October 1 in Chit-Chat
interesting article i read today:

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/building-blocks-life-can-originate-space

"In what appears to be seriously big news from a team of NASA-funded researchers, scientists have found evidence that some building blocks of DNA--including two of the four nucleobases that make up our genetic code--found in meteorites were created in space, lending credence to the idea that life is not homegrown but was seeded here by asteroids, meteorites, or comets sometime in Earth’s early lifetime."

i wonder if aliens have the same weight loss issues - or if they found a way to eat empty calories and live! :P

btw im not trying to stir anything up - i read alot during work, and this is the most interesting article i've read today...a little break from the gloom and doom news of the markets these days :P

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  • Chenoachem
    Chenoachem Posts: 1,758 Member
    Cool afticle. Thanks.
  • sejunco
    sejunco Posts: 16
    Since aliens are almost always depicted as being super skinny, its kind of funny to imagine them as chubby :)
  • brewingaz
    brewingaz Posts: 1,136 Member
    interesting article i read today:

    http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-08/building-blocks-life-can-originate-space

    "In what appears to be seriously big news from a team of NASA-funded researchers, scientists have found evidence that some building blocks of DNA--including two of the four nucleobases that make up our genetic code--found in meteorites were created in space, lending credence to the idea that life is not homegrown but was seeded here by asteroids, meteorites, or comets sometime in Earth’s early lifetime."

    i wonder if aliens have the same weight loss issues - or if they found a way to eat empty calories and live! :P

    btw im not trying to stir anything up - i read alot during work, and this is the most interesting article i've read today...a little break from the gloom and doom news of the markets these days :P

    Awesome article for sure. I'm pretty sure that someone on this site will be offended. They like to b*tch all the time here :smile:
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