Organic molecules detected by Philae

konceptual99

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30097648

Lots of detail to be added but very interesting news....

cofty

Thanks.

It seems likely that most of the water on earth was delivered by comets.

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Waaaaaat? Life? Elsewhere? Surely, (if proven) this puts paid to the creation story?

MASSSSIVE!

Don't get carried away DOC. We are not talking life here. In fact we don't know exactly what they have found other than some evidence of carbon containing "organics". The details have yet to be confirmed.

konceptual99

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_compound might help explain why this is not specifically life. We are not talking anything like lichen or algae.

OneEyedJoe

It seems likely that most of the water on earth was delivered by comets.

Actually, I was reading something recently that indicated that (contrary to the long-held thought that comets did it) most of the water on the earth is much older than can be explained by comets delivering it.

Not the article I initially read, but on the same topic from a quick google search:

http://www.designntrend.com/articles/23895/20141103/earths-water-older-previously-thought.htm

PhilJonesIII

Alcohol is an organic compound and it makes up a sizeable cloud in space.

http://phys.org/news/2014-09-alcohol-clouds-space.html

Do take any and all media announcements with a pinch of salt. The BBC, once a bastion of impartiality and lack of bias has long joined the ranks of the sensationalist media, relying more on implication than what is actually said.

Organic materials, which are common, are not the same as living organisms though living things are made up from organic materials whose source does not have to be organic.

The Bible from a JW standpoint is that 'God breathed life' and that only God can give life. Cant say I was ever comfortable with that viewpoint. There is nothing chemically 'special' in living things that cant be found elsewhere on Earth or in space.

Earth might be 'mankind's domain' and the absence of any mention of organic life elsewhere does not preclude it. ( My point of view )

disposable hero of hypocrisy

Thanks for the clarification folks!

Simon

The aliens living on the comet killed our probe? What?

Organic molecules detected by Philae

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