Building Blocks of DNA Confirmed In Meteorites

MistrX writes "Researchers announced that the components of DNA have now been confirmed to exist in extraterrestrial meteorites. A different team of scientists also discovered a number of molecules linked with a vital ancient biological process, adding weight to the idea that the earliest forms of life on Earth may have been made up in part from materials delivered to Earth from space. Past research had revealed a range of building blocks of life in meteorites, such as the amino acids that make up proteins. Space rocks just like these may have been a vital source of the organic compounds that gave rise to life on Earth."

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delivered to Earth the planet by from space

[Serif]

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Re:What a painful summary to read

[WrongSizeGlass]

"made up in part from materials delivered to Earth the planet by from space". Seriously?

Without those specific instructions the meteorite may have delivered the materials to 'Earth the constellation' or 'Earth the nebula' or even 'Earth the meteorite' and it would never have done it's job. BTW, it's a good thing "from space" was on the whitelist.

Re:What a painful summary to read

[Joce640k]

Didn't all the atoms on Earth come by from space...?

Re:What a painful summary to read

[Anonymous Coward]

Watch out for that meteorite! WHOOOOSH!

Re:What a painful summary to read

[LordLimecat]

Some of the article sentences are as bad.

The analytical techniques probed the mass and other features of the molecules to identify the presence of extraterrestrial nucleobases and see that they apparently did not come from the surrounding area.

Im not sure quite whats wrong with the middle of that sentence, but it seems wrong-- shouldnt it be "and saw"?