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Organic Matter Found In Canadian Meteorite

Posted by kdawson on from the seeding-gaia dept.

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."

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  1. They're here... by baffled · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, apparently we're here.

  2. Our new overlords by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one welcome our new organic material evolved overlords. And by overlords, I mean us.

  3. Re:Organic matter != life... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your mom's just carbon compounds.

  4. Canadians! by jrwr00 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I knew it! Canadians are from outerspace!

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    1. Re:Canadians! by Superpants · · Score: 5, Funny

      That is right, now bow before us and pay respects at the church of Tim Hortons. There you can partake in the holy consumption of maple-glazed doughnuts and watch the revered sport of hockey while drinking vast quantities of beer.

      Since it is Sunday, a toque is mandatory for all. Those failing to cover ones head with the divine knit-cap will be punished by means of harsh words.
      That is all.

    2. Re:Canadians! by iceborer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Canadians are from outerspace!

      I believe that you mean oater space.

  5. I've seen this before. by lupine_stalker · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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  6. Waaait a second... by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does this mean we're all Canadians!!!?

    NOOOOOOOO

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    1. Re:Waaait a second... by Snosty · · Score: 5, Funny

      Nice try, you're not blaming us for George W.

  7. Re:More like "Deception Point" than the X-Files by freefrag · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dan (Da Vinci Code) Brown's bad novel "Bad" implies that he has written good novels.
  8. Re:Organical matter = lifes by The+name+is+Dave.+Ja · · Score: 5, Funny

    WRONG:
    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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  9. Re:Organic matter != life... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    My life sci 101 class teached me

    Unlike your Eng 101 class, which clearly did not.

  10. Re:More like "Deception Point" than the X-Files by Qzukk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cervantes I wasn't expecting

    Nobody expects the Spanish Author!

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  11. Re:Organic matter != life... by ichigo+2.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What does engineering 101 class have to make with this?