Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Fundamental Building Block of Life Found on Comet

"The discovery of glycine in a comet supports the idea that the fundamental building blocks of life are prevalent in space, and strengthens the argument that life in the universe may be common rather than rare," said Carl Pilcher, the director of the NASA Astrobiology Institute in California, which co-funded the research.

Cue X-Files Theme

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE57H02I20090818

1 comment:

  1. Sweet!

    Also, a sign that you have too much freetime at work.

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