Post #908554
2026-04-02 05:44 UTC
The recent researching finding amino acids, nucleobases, and such on asteroids is certainly fascinating, but I'm a little puzzled. Space rocks are being suggested as a source for the building blocks of life on Earth.
But is Earth not a space rock too? If these compounds can occur naturally on asteroids, why would we assume they couldn't also occur naturally on Earth?
#astronomy #astrobiology
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@gnate@ohai.social 2026-04-02 06:19
@mytwobits01@freeradical.zone Would it not have been too hot on Earth at one point? Therefore needing a re-supply of un-denatured building blocks...sheer speculation.
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@Virginicus@universeodon.com 2026-04-02 16:11
@mytwobits01@freeradical.zone Copernicus’s work is not yet done.