Another interesting article. Scientists have discovered ice and 'organic material' in the Asteroid Belt.
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Personally, I like the idea that the potential 'spark of life' may be floating around on asteroids and inadvertently presenting the chance for life to begin on random planets. Perhaps those asteroids are the remnants of planets that once had life themselves.
Nature.com Wrote:A slushy cocktail of water-ice and organic materials has been directly detected on the surface of an asteroid for the first time. The finding strengthens the theory that asteroids delivered the ingredients for Earth's oceans and life, and could make astronomers rethink conventional models for how the Solar System evolved.
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The result was independently confirmed by a team led by Humberto Campins at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He and his colleagues observed 24 Themis for 7 hours one night, as it almost fully rotated on its axis. "Between us, we have seen the asteroid from almost every angle and we see global coverage," says Campins. He and his team also publish their findings in this week's Nature3.
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Personally, I like the idea that the potential 'spark of life' may be floating around on asteroids and inadvertently presenting the chance for life to begin on random planets. Perhaps those asteroids are the remnants of planets that once had life themselves.
