SnailyBoy Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-j-eicher/comet-ison_b_4098498.html 'In 2009. A team of NASA researchers announced the discovery of glycine, an amino acid, in samples recovered from the Stardust spacecraft from Comet 81P/Wild 2, which the spacecraft encountered in 2004. The announcement was exciting because glycine, as one of the amino acids, is a fundamental building block of life'. If comets are a delivery system for amino acids this could be really exciting news in our understanding of abiogenesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-j-eicher/comet-ison_b_4098498.html 'In 2009. A team of NASA researchers announced the discovery of glycine, an amino acid, in samples recovered from the Stardust spacecraft from Comet 81P/Wild 2, which the spacecraft encountered in 2004. The announcement was exciting because glycine, as one of the amino acids, is a fundamental building block of life'. If comets are a delivery system for amino acids this could be really exciting news in our understanding of abiogenesis. I too believe everything I read in the Huff Post. Such terminology as 'laundry list of chemicals found in comets' is the clincher ... they really know what they're talking about. I wonder if comets are composed of all the lost socks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
francypants Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 There was a programme about this comet on BBC2 a few nights ago and it was really interesting. We should be able to see this comet on 3rd Dec in the East. I'll be looking out for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 I too believe everything I read in the Huff Post. Such terminology as 'laundry list of chemicals found in comets' is the clincher ... they really know what they're talking about. I wonder if comets are composed of all the lost socks? Apologies if the science was a little low brow for you, who knows maybe they were targeting the article to be a little more understanding by the general readers. Anyway, here's something I found from NASA. It seems a little more detailed. http://astrobiology.gsfc.nasa.gov/analytical/PDF/Sandfordetal2006.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikes10 Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Comet ISON probably destroyed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25143861 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnailyBoy Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 That's a shame....4.6 billion years in the making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcoblog Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 The breaking news is that the comet's been destroyed by the sun. I find this hard to believe as, having just looked outside, noticed it's dark ... the sun's not there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megalithic Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 The breaking news is that the comet's been destroyed by the sun. I find this hard to believe as, having just looked outside, noticed it's dark ... the sun's not there! Yeah, i think it's the other way round. Was looking forwards to summer too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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