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Comets could have seeded life on Earth
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RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth
Quote:There is nothing fundamentally new here.

The experiment was to determine the effects of the severe cold of space.

Quote:In an ultra-high vacuum chamber chilled to 10 degrees above absolute zero (10 Kelvin), Seol Kim and Ralf Kaiser of the Hawaiian team simulated an icy snowball in space including carbon dioxide, ammonia and various hydrocarbons such as methane, ethane and propane. When zapped with high-energy electrons to simulate the cosmic rays in space, the chemicals reacted to form complex, organic compounds, specifically dipeptides, essential to life.

And they didn't need a god to do it.
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Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by Minimalist - March 11, 2013 at 9:04 pm
RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by catfish - March 11, 2013 at 9:18 pm
RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by catfish - March 11, 2013 at 9:29 pm
RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by catfish - March 11, 2013 at 9:38 pm
RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by Cinjin - March 11, 2013 at 9:42 pm
RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by Minimalist - March 11, 2013 at 9:43 pm
RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by Lion IRC - March 11, 2013 at 9:51 pm
RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by Angrboda - March 11, 2013 at 10:12 pm
RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by catfish - March 11, 2013 at 9:54 pm
RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by Minimalist - March 11, 2013 at 10:01 pm
RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by Gilgamesh - March 12, 2013 at 2:38 am
RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by Lion IRC - March 12, 2013 at 11:53 pm
RE: Comets could have seeded life on Earth - by Minimalist - March 13, 2013 at 12:09 am

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