“Scientists say they have confirmed that a meteorite that crashed into earth 40 years ago contains millions of different organic compounds. It is thought the Murchison meteorite could be even older than the Sun. “Having this information means you can tell what was happening during the birth of the Solar System,” said lead researcher Dr Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin.
The results of the meteorite study are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “We are really excited. When I first studied it and saw the complexity I was so amazed,” said Dr Schmitt-Kopplin, who works at the Institute for Ecological Chemistry in Neuherberg, Germany. “Meteorites are like some kind of fossil. When you try to understand them you are looking back in time,” he explained.
The researchers says the identification of many different chemicals shows the primordial Solar System probably had a higher molecular diversity than Earth.”
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Strongest evidence so far of a possibility of panspermia.
wow
Make sure you don’t confuse ‘organic’ with ‘life’. ‘Organic chemistry’ simply means compounds containing carbon and of course the meteor contains carbon compounds. The scientists are excited by their diversity and the information that gives about the big bang and the birth of the solar system – information about physical processes and not self-replicating molecules of any kind. No aliens yet!
Guess this will be on the wish list for collectors (Jess?)
So much to say, and at the same time nothing. That’s probably why my alien finger deleted the text I already types completely with one swift move (damned!).
I dont see it happening, what they hope for, but hey .. it makes a “nice” article I guess, for those not into the field. Funds better as well. The real reason for this type of research is: I could, so I did. Plainly personal interest drives it mostly. Where else do drives come from .. not from money (although that can be a trigger/stimuli to misuse your own self …).