Asteroid contains building blocks of life

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How life was created has been something that has intrigued us for a long time. Along with this whole argument of abiogenesis, and those doubters, it has long been debated. One of the theories was that life didn't simply happen on Earth, and that building blocks were brought here on Asteroids.

Well, now we have actual evidence of some of the building blocks of life being discovered on an actual Asteroid. There is still much we don't know, but science marches on!

STORY: Bennu asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists

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There are only two choices. One is if the earth is the only place in the Universe that has life. Or, life occurs all over the Universe. If life occurs all over, then most of the ingredients and processes must be kind of similar. Now, it's proven that the ingredients are everywhere.
 

fuzzybuddy said:
There are only two choices. One is if the earth is the only place in the Universe that has life. Or, life occurs all over the Universe.
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Can't imagine that there's not life elsewhere. They're probably swooping down to observe us from time to time then getting the heck away when they see human behavior hasn't changed.
 
Paco Dennis said:
While the ingredients for life are widespread, the processes and conditions required for life to emerge and persist may be far less common than assumed.
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On the contrary, they are MORE common than once assumed. Keplar estimates there are 40 billion planets in the habital zone. And we're learning about more every day.
 
VaughanJB said:
On the contrary, they are MORE common than once assumed. Keplar estimates there are 40 billion planets in the habital zone. And we're learning about more every day.
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As is often said, "quantity does not equate to quality." The ingredients for life and it's ability to sustain itself, remain remarkably unique. :)
 
Interesting Article!
Interesting Topic!

Article says:
This latest study adds to growing evidence that asteroids brought water and organic material to Earth.
---"The early Solar System was really turbulent and there were millions of asteroids like Bennu flying about," explained Dr Ashley King, from the Natural History Museum.
---The idea is that these bombarded the young Earth, seeding our planet with ingredients that gave us the oceans and made life possible.

I can envision all this happening. Trillions of years in the making of our oceans.

As for life on other planets; Yes, I believe it does exist. Maybe not in human form as we are, but another form such as plants, animals, elements, etc.
Then we give them the name of Aliens. ;)... 👾 ...:)
 
Rakaia said:
OK then, so how does God feature in this scenario?
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Science itself is silent on the existence of God, as it deals with empirical, testable phenomena. While discoveries about habitable planets inform our understanding of life’s potential distribution, they don’t address metaphysical questions. Carl Sagan said:

"The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition."
 
It doesn't seem that incredible to me. After all, every atom in our body has come from previous generations of stars anyway, so one way or another, we are all stardust.

I am a lot more curious about how a pile of lumber assembles itself into a house. I'm not one to jump to conclusions, but there seems to be some missing pages from the "Zero to Human" manual. As Frazier would say "I'm listening".
 
For decades dominant science for the start of Earth life has strongly pointed to abiogenesis. Panspermia theories that I've long felt were most likely, were thoroughly dismissed as fringe idea nonsense. But over the last 2 decades panspermia has now overtaken abiogenesis so this science guy is smiling "I told you so!"

Brian Cox asks if we are thinking about alien life all wrong

Another important science theory scientists have long dismissed that I've strongly pushed is animal brain consciousness are EMC fields. The phenomenon of oscillating electromagnetic standing brain wave fields that the scientific credibility light on that too is now much brighter given powerful new scanning tools.
 
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Paco Dennis said:
As is often said, "quantity does not equate to quality." The ingredients for life and it's ability to sustain itself, remain remarkably unique. :)
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Well, those are the planets in the right place. And, if it can happen here, why not there? Plus, that's only what we are currently aware of in the small part of the Universe we can see. The entire point here is the ingredients of life as we know it are distributed via Asteroids, which is important.

As I say, I don't think we can claim there are fewer than assumed, there are clearly more, not less. Aside from that, confirmation that the building blocks are carried by Asteroids also suggests it could be more common, not less.

Of course, one of the issues with our contacting any alien races are severely restricted by the distances involved. Personally, I am 100% certain extraterrestrial life exists out there somewhere. The math points that way. Can I prove it? Nope. So I'd say it's "unique" only in terms that we can't yet shake the hand of a creature from another world.
 
bobcat said:
It doesn't seem that incredible to me. After all, every atom in our body has come from previous generations of stars anyway, so one way or another, we are all stardust.

I am a lot more curious about how a pile of lumber assembles itself into a house. I'm not one to jump to conclusions, but there seems to be some missing pages from the "Zero to Human" manual. As Frazier would say "I'm listening".
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There's a whole lot we don't know. However, discoveries like this are akin to wandering through the wilderness, lost, without a map or GPS, and then suddenly finding a sign post indicating you're on the right track.
 
bobcat said:
It doesn't seem that incredible to me. After all, every atom in our body has come from previous generations of stars anyway, so one way or another, we are all stardust.

I am a lot more curious about how a pile of lumber assembles itself into a house. I'm not one to jump to conclusions, but there seems to be some missing pages from the "Zero to Human" manual. As Frazier would say "I'm listening".
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Bob, your reply reminded me of what noted astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains at the end of this song (starting at 5:05 if you don't feel like listening to the entire song). I love it so, I play it a lot. @gruntlabor You might dig his theory too.


OR You can listen to his slightly longer explanation:

 
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OneEyedDiva said:
Bob, your reply reminded me of what noted astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains at the end of this song (starting at 5:05 if you don't feel like listening to the entire song). I love it so, I play it a lot. @gruntlabor You might dig his theory too.


OR You can listen to his slightly longer explanation:

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Thank you for sharing that. Loved the song and the message. The first time that was revealed to me, it set off a cascade of life altering realizations.

Whatever energy gave birth to the universe eventually became galaxies and stars, and ultimately us. So every atom within us is that very same creative energy, only separated by time, and all related. When we die, that energy within us continues on, one way or another, to become something else.

When you look around you at life (Plants, trees, animals, fish, insects, etc...), they have all died trillions of times, and yet they are still here. If their life just ended, there would be nothing left to see, but they are still here. In nature, death gives birth to life, and we are no different.

We are on an epic journey my friend, and wow, what a ride it has been. Where it will take us remains a mystery. When I look at my body and fully realize that everything here was once star stuff, it blows my mind. I don't know if I can communicate with the rest of that energy, but I know I can commune with it. All energy is linked.

There are so many unanswered questions. Why are there harmonies, or mathematics, or consciousness, or DNA, or even life itself. It seems to me there must be something behind it.
 
Rakaia said:
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I struggled with the idea “where God fits into this” as I was growing up. I agree with the person who said Science remains quiet on the topic of God.

Humans seem to have to answers to everything. As one looks back on history, there was a God of Fire, God of Love, God of War, God of Wind, etc. In today’s time we call them deities. Gods were the answer to everything that humans could not explain all throughout history. God is still the answer/method to get us through the next chapter of the unexplained.
 
Vicky said:
I struggled with the idea “where God fits into this” as I was growing up. I agree with the person who said Science remains quiet on the topic of God.

Humans seem to have to answers to everything. As one looks back on history, there was a God of Fire, God of Love, God of War, God of Wind, etc. In today’s time we call them deities. Gods were the answer to everything that humans could not explain all throughout history. God is still the answer/method to get us through the next chapter of the unexplained.
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Humans have an irrational need to understand what they don't understand. If no explanation is immediately available, they will make something up just to fill the empty space. The God of the Gaps fills that need, bringing a sense of closure and satisfaction. We are comfortable once again.
 

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