science discovers amino acids in asteroids and commets

Starchild! Are you one?

It's not the discovery of an alien life-form, but it's certainly the next best thing. Scientists are growing more suspicious of comet-babies over primordial ooze theory!

Scientist extract material from pieces of astroids

This is not a new idea; For the better part of the last decade scientists have been postulating the possibility of life-bearing comets. Recent discoveries show us that meteorites contain amino acids, which are essentially building blocks of life. In the world of amino acids there are two flavours, the twist to the left ones, and the twist to the right ones. (They are sort of spiral shaped) With the lefties being the predominant shape for life on Earth. 

Well long story short, scientists have replicated amino acids with electric shocks in a tub of primordial soup, but that produced a smattering of either-or amino acids. For some reason though, it would seem the conditions present in far away stars actually favour the Earthling style acid shapes.

Is this evidence that life on Earth might be the result of cosmic impacts. Are we all just sprawls from alien worlds lost on a lovely blue rock? Read more at BBC.uk or check out some of the past articles below.

• 'Life chemical' detected in comet 18 AUGUST 2009, SCI/TECH
• Comets could have seeded life on Earth 05 APRIL 2001, SCI/TECH
• Space rock yields carbon bounty 26 MAY 2009, SCI/TECH

Cheers to science for constantly trying to prove that life is a mistake and nothing romantic...Take that Victorian Era!
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 [BBC.uk]