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Ancient Comet Fragments Found In Antarctic Snow

Posted by Soulskill on from the cool-and-collected dept.

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Cosmos Magazine: "Two tiny meteorites recently recovered from Antarctic snow contain material dating back to the birth of our Solar System, and may provide clues about the delivery of organic matter to Earth. Researchers believe that these micrometeorites likely came from the cold, comet-forming outer regions of the gas and dust cloud that comprised the early Solar System, and sample its composition. Discovered in 2006, the particles measure less than 0.25 mm across and survived their journey through Earth's atmosphere relatively unscathed. More importantly, scientists found that they contain unusually high amounts of organic matter."

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  1. RUN! by PedoPope · · Score: 5, Funny

    re:"More importantly, scientists found that they contain unusually high amounts of organic matter." Just before he choked, fell to the ground, and turned into a multi-tentacled extra terrestrial and savagely attacked the audience.

    1. Re:RUN! by Xyrus · · Score: 4, Funny

      Can you please keep your hentai fueled Japanese tentacle fantasies to yourself?

      Thanks,
        The Managerment

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      ~X~
  2. WOW! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    These fragments are 6000 years old. Truly mind boggling.

  3. They don't own all those planes for nuttin' honey. by djupedal · · Score: 2, Funny

    > If organic matter came from somewhere else to here, how did it get to that somewhere else?

    FedEx - overnite.

  4. hey by arcite · · Score: 1, Funny

    Send Kurt Russel to investigate!