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Organic Matter Found In Canadian Meteorite
eldavojohn writes "From what sounds like the opening of an X-Files episode, Canadian scientists have reportedly found in a meteorite organic matter older than the sun at Tagish Lake in Canada. From the article: '"We mean that the material in the meteorite has been processed the least since it was formed. The material we see today is arguably the most representative of the material that first went into making up the solar system." The meteorite likely formed in the outer reaches of the asteroid belt, but the organic material it contains probably had a far more distant origin. The globules could have originated in the Kuiper Belt group of icy planetary remnants orbiting beyond Neptune. Or they could have been created even farther afield. The globules appear to be similar to the kinds of icy grains found in molecular clouds — the vast, low-density regions where stars collapse and form and new solar systems are born.' The article implies that life could potentially survive in these meteorites and maybe even travel through space — supporting the theory that life may have arrived on earth and evolved from that point on."
No, apparently we're here.
I for one welcome our new organic material evolved overlords. And by overlords, I mean us.
Your mom's just carbon compounds.
I knew it! Canadians are from outerspace!
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I've seen this movie... the organisms evolve... then get sprayed with napalm while Canada gets a dose of Head and Shoulders... or was it the other way round?
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Does that mean the meteorite pulverized some ancient astronouts in a far away galaxy?
THAT might be the reason we haven't gotten contact yet with them; they would've cancelled their space project after such a PR-disaster...
I think we can keep recursing like this until someone returns 1
Does this mean we're all Canadians!!!?
NOOOOOOOO
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Methane (CH4) found for example in vast quantities on the most outer planet, Plutonium, is also an organic compound. But it does not mean that there is, or has ever been, life. First, we need to know when compound it was. Otherwise there's really nothing to talk about.
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My life sci 101 class teached me that
CORRECT:
My life sci 101 class learned me that
Let's get it right, people.
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Someone mod down the above moron, please.
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CORRECT:
My life sci 101 class taught me that
Unless of course we're having some stupid competition for the lamest English possible, in which case I submit the following:
My life sci 101 class educatified me that
Unlike your Eng 101 class, which clearly did not.
Cervantes I wasn't expecting
Nobody expects the Spanish Author!
If I have been able to see further than others, it is because I bought a pair of binoculars.
Surely finding organic compounds should change the name of a meteorite to a meateorite. Yummy!
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What does engineering 101 class have to make with this?
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I'm she'd have reacted in a similar way if she found out you read Slashdot.
...This means no Pesticides, right?
NOBODY expects the Spanish Author! His chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... His two weapons are fear and surprise...and windmills.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and windmills...
Sure enough, the cow costume was hanging up next to the superhero outfit and sailors uniform. (S,Spud)
"or worse, likes the PS3"
Turning a girl away because she likes PS3 may be a good thing. If she doesn't already have said console, she may expect you to buy it for her as a tribute. (Diamond earrings are cheaper)
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