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Does this mean that, perhaps, we can go home again? If an asteroid or comet impacted Earth, the resulting ejection of materials could contain life forms. According to a study published in the journal Astrobiology, these life forms could survive and then seed another planet or moon with life. Additionally, Earth could [...]
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But not, like, the conditions of centuries to millenia in space. Which is also kind of important to the scenario.The researchers sandwiched dry layers of three kinds of biological test ingredients, including bacterial endospores, endolithic cyanobacteria, and epilithic lichens, into rocks analogous to rocks from Mars. They then simulated the shock pressures Martian meteorites experienced when they were ejected from Mars and determined the ability of the organisms to survive the harsh conditions.
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Update on this story:
Researchers discovered yesterday amino acids on an ancient meteorite which was recovered from the antarctic ice.
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On, or in?Originally Posted by spacestart.eu
(I thought the OP was about the possibility of life in asteroids, not amino acids.)
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On or in is not mentoined. and you are right amino acids are not the same as life, but they are the basics of life.
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The basic structural element of a microchip is silicon, does that mean our beaches and deserts are full of computers?
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Noclevername. Monocrystalline elemental silicon, grown in hot melt extrusions, and sliced and diced, is very different from silicon dioxide, the ingredient of which sand is made. There is scant silicon on a beach. peteThe basic structural element of a microchip is silicon, does that mean our beaches and deserts are full of computers?
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I'm wondering if there are any frozen blown up dinosaurs still floating around in space...
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Exactly my point.
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