Protector Posted March 6, 2013 Ancient DNA Precursors Found in Interstellar Clouds --Predate Birth of Our Solar System During the past decade, astrochemists have found that DNA molecules, the fundamental building blocks of life, find their origins not on Earth, but in the Cosmos. They are the languange of the Universe --the information they inherited comes from the stars and the cosmic ecology that formed them. Scientists using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia to study a giant cloud of gas some 25,000 light-years from Earth, near the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, have discovered a molecule thought to be a precursor to a key component of DNA and another that may have a role in the formation of the amino acid alanine. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindelani Mnisi Posted March 7, 2013 Nice, so we have cousins in other planets...hope I can meet my extended family some day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wells Posted March 8, 2013 Nice, so we have cousins in other planets...hope I can meet my extended family some day You better hope not! Because the "family reunion" would most probably have the form of an alien abduction! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindelani Mnisi Posted March 8, 2013 It can't be that bad can it...maybe we'll just talk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WillingToListen Posted March 8, 2013 aliens don't exist. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
