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Posted on 03/28/2008 6:11:45 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick
LOL! I thought of the character Zed from "Men in Black" who said a similar line, which was "intergalactic kegger." ;-)
Gee, carbon found on mars. This is so trivial compared to the increbible complexities of a single living cell it should not elicit the least concern. Spontaneous generation, time, and matter are not the creators of life.
It is not even remotely like an amino acid . It has no carboxyl group.
The nitrile could be hydrolyzed to an amide under fairly drastic conditions, and from there to carboxylic acid by another hydrolysis.
Soon to be in the news....
“Greenhouse gas ‘space molecules’ cause inter-stellar warming. Gore demands immediate action—Wants NASA to equip shuttle with catalytic converters.”
re Sagittarius:
‘Roaster’ Planet Warms Up Its Sun (Hot Jupiter effect)
Yahoo News | 1/8/04 | Deborah Zabarenko- Reuters
Posted on 01/08/2004 12:25:41 PM EST by NormsRevenge
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Does Our Galaxy’s Black Hole Have a Companion?
Scientific American ‘blog | January 9, 2007 | editors
Posted on 01/12/2007 2:38:32 AM EST by SunkenCiv
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Very similar technique to determining the atomic structure of a molecule in chem lab. Having the molecule within arm's reach doesn't make it much easier.
The carbon chemistry there is the same as it is here. Same universe, same chemistry, same laws of physics.
So THAT’s where I left it!
Hmmm, They can “see” a single molecule light years away, But Hillary can’t tell if she is under sniper fire or not.
I agree. Now tell that to P-Marlowe, who seems to be afraid of a greater understanding of our universe.
Because there is absolutely no evidence at all that there is any other form of "life" anywhere. Scientists deal with facts. Those who find that boring should stick with Star Wars movies and comic books.
Doesn’t QUITE work that way. They can’t see that molecule. They use a spectrometer to differentiate the different spectra. Each and every atom and molecule has a unique spectral “signature” much like each and every human has unique DNA. The full spectrum coming from a certain portion of sky is then analysed to figure out which molecules are there.
The fact is that, as we can see, complex molecules easily form in the interstellar medium, so theres no reason that they couldn’t form spontaneously on a planet.
I don’t want to get into the God debate here. But it seems that most here are very sensitive about their religion and think that any scientific progress is for the sole purpose of proving that there is no God. Well I’ll tell you right now, whether or not there is a God is irrelevant in the scientific method for one simple reason, we can not disprove the existence of a God, therefore whether or not it exists is irrelevant. Scientific method 101, all assumptions must be verifiable, all hypotheses must be falsifiable.
We’ve barely started to explore our own solar system. Our sample size is WAY too small to deny the possibility of life existing elsewhere. That being said, we know what we know, and what we know is that there IS life on Earth. We can’t prove or disprove the existence of life on other bodies, even in this solar system, until we go there.
You’re right in that scientists deal with facts, but we also deal with possibilities.
And many of those possibilities turn out to be fantasies. Such is the scientific method.
As opposed to the fantasy of many religious people who so easily dismiss science and scientists because accepting it would create a state of cognitive dissonance in their heads? Without possibilities science doesn’t exist. The Wright Brothers would NOT have done what they did if the possibility of powered flight didn’t exist. Von Braun wouldn’t have done what he did if the POSSIBILITY of going to the Moon and Mars (and beyond) didn’t exist.
Do you REALLY believe that we are the only sentient (I can’t bring myself to say intelligent) life in the entire universe?
Lack of evidence doesn't prove lack of reality.
It may be likely that our type of life is prevalent throughout the galaxy, and universe, but we haven't explored nearly enough of the known galaxy, much less universe, to make that statement with any type of authority.
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