Organic Carbon Found in Interplanetary Dust Particles
Carbon isotopes of an organic nature have been found in Interplanetary Dust Particles, and dated to at least as old as the Solar System itself.
These aren't cells or anything. Just building blocks that are found in all life on Earth. Very interesting.
Dean,
The more I see of things like this, the more my mother's theory (we are the fruiting body on a global-scale algae plant) of life in the universe makes sense. My sister has the thing at her house, inheriting after Mom passed away last year. Think I'll ask her to make me a copy...
I heard that the organic carbon matches that found in your typical pot of chicken soup.
This is not new, carbon compounds are everywhere in clouds of gas and dust through out our galaxy and has been known about for decades. Even complex compounds, the universe has no choice, as long as there is hydrogen, oxygen, and carbon around there will be compounds formed. It is even known that there are simple amino acids in outer space. Even in the clouds of dust and gas that are at this time forming new stars.
The physics and chemistry of the universe the same in outer space as is here on earth.
What great fun it is.
Yes, but it's these particular carbon isotopes that are the most interesting, and had not been verified in IDP before. Now they have been.