Water Ice And Organic Compounds: Found On Asteroid For The First Time. (Earth, theory)

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

This is a very interesting article from Scientific American magazine. The data gives scientific credence to the theory of asteroids and comets helping to seed the Earth with water and organic compounds; the precussors of life as we understand it, so far....LOL.

Water Ice Found on the Surface of an Asteroid for the First Time: Scientific American

Rock and Roil: Meteorites Hitting Early Earth's Oceans May Have Helped Spawn Life: Scientific American

NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

Ice Confirmed On An Asteroid - Science News

Water ice and organics on the surface of the asteroid 24 Themis : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Detection of ice and organics on an asteroidal surface : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

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[rgomez912]

Beat me to the article lol, but yah crazy stuff. Now we just need to sent a probe to this asteroid and start harvesting the water to see if there is any microbes in it and testing to see if there is any DNA or RNA that has a match to anything on Earth.

[PITTSTON2SARASOTA]

Originally Posted by rgomez912

Beat me to the article lol, but yah crazy stuff. Now we just need to sent a probe to this asteroid and start harvesting the water to see if there is any microbes in it and testing to see if there is any DNA or RNA that has a match to anything on Earth.

I agree, but the data proves it; but actual samples would be welcomed; however we are planning an asteroid landing relatively soon.

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