[QUOTE=Bat-shit;28440720]When it turns out we are not the survival of the fittest after all, things will get interesting.. Lacking for a better word.[/QUOTE]
This only confirms the Panspermian theory (Our lifeforms originate from random meteors), practically nothing else
Was excepting Badage boys
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Read more than just the title
If all this checks out fine, think about how many textbooks are going to need editting.
[QUOTE=Camundongo;28440754]I've heard of meteorites with organic compounds, like primitive amino acids, being found. The only problem I have with panspermia is that doesn't us much more of a lead on how life actually develops.[/QUOTE]
If by "developing life" you mean complex living organisms (Multicelular creatures), it's because of random genetic mutations caused by radioactive compounds and other factors
[QUOTE=vizard38;28440806]If all this checks out fine, think about how many textbooks are going to need editting.[/QUOTE]
Generally textbooks don't get edited, they get updated for the next edition.
[QUOTE=Matrix374;28440694]i thought alien microrganisms from a meteorite was an old thing[/QUOTE]
It was disproven IIRC.
This is a new claim about some different meteorites I believe.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;28440781]Read more than just the title[/QUOTE]
ITT: People skimming article and going crazy.
Goddamnit this better not turn out to be a mistake of some sort.
:krad2:
I'm hopeful but realistic. It'll takes more evidence to convince me.
[QUOTE=Jorori;28440458]Holy mother of ass! :science:
Is that bacteria life very different from Earth's or very similar/the same?[/QUOTE]
Both
[QUOTE=Jorori;28440827]If by "developing life" you mean complex living organisms (Multicelular creatures), it's because of random genetic mutations caused by radioactive compounds and other factors[/QUOTE]
Well, I what mean by the development of life is the mechanism of turning organic compounds into an actual organsim (abiogenesis, I believe). Panspermia doesn't answer that, it merely suggests that abiogenesis occured elsewhere.
This is gonna be good!
Holy shit batman!
most likely explanation is that the samples were contaminated by native bacteria, this happened before with one of the mars rovers
at least wait until this shit gets peer-reviewed; don't jump to conclusions
I'll reserve my yelling at religious fundamentalists until this checks out by other scientists.
[QUOTE=Camundongo;28440887]Well, I what mean by the development of life is the mechanism of turning organic compounds into an actual organsim (abiogenesis, I believe). Panspermia doesn't answer that, it merely suggests that abiogenesis occured elsewhere.[/QUOTE]
However just because they found bacteria on a meteorite (if it now really is bacteria), doesn't have to mean that the life on Earth originated from that piece of rock.
It could just as well be formed here, which probably is quite likely given the good condition early Earth had.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;28440973]most likely explanation is that the samples were contaminated by native bacteria, this happened before with one of the mars rovers
at least wait until this shit gets peer-reviewed; don't jump to conclusions[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, it may be true.
[QUOTE=Camundongo;28440887]Well, I what mean by the development of life is the mechanism of turning organic compounds into an actual organsim (abiogenesis, I believe). Panspermia doesn't answer that, it merely suggests that abiogenesis occured elsewhere.[/QUOTE]
Oh, you mean the step where a reaction of Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen and other chemical element compounds give origin to something alive. Then I have no idea v:v:v
I know inorganic compounds can be turned in organic ones (Ammonia can be turned into Urea), but not much about that
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[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;28440973]most likely explanation is that the samples were contaminated by native bacteria, this happened before with one of the mars rovers
at least wait until this shit gets peer-reviewed; don't jump to conclusions[/QUOTE]
That could be a possibility. Checking the Bacteria they found would clear the doubts, most likely
Rock ALH84001, a meteorite found in Antartica, has basically held up the idea of astrobiological life for a long time now. Just do a google image search for ALH84001, and you can see why it;s been suspected to have remnants of microscopic life.
[QUOTE=Detective P;28441219]Rock ALH84001, a meteorite found in Antartica, has basically held up the idea of astrobiological life for a long time now. Just do a google image search for ALH84001, and you can see why it;s been suspected to have remnants of microscopic life.[/QUOTE]
[quote]We believe that the biogenic hypothesis is stronger now than when we first proposed it 13 years ago,” said Gibson, NASA senior scientist.[/quote]
[url]http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2009/J09-030.html[/url]
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Imagine a world in which panspermia was readily accepted.
awwwww yeah
[QUOTE=Jorori;28440771]This only confirms the Panspermian theory (Our lifeforms originate from random meteors), practically nothing else[/QUOTE]
No, it confirms the possibility of the Panspermian theory. Life could have existed on Earth long before a meteor containing life hit Earth.
This means that we can let this bacteria into different alien life forms.
It's like taking simple cells from Earth, and letting the DNA unravel in different ways to create any creature on the Earth. All life on Earth is related. Humans didn't exactly evolve, it already happened, it's just that we went through that cycle again, and our "evolution" was triggered by environmental factors and what not.
With a simple alien cell, you could eventually have super smart life forms that you create.
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[highlight]All hail the new alien overlord specie[/highlight]
[QUOTE=Otsegolation;28441516]This means that we can let this bacteria into different alien life forms.
It's like taking simple cells from Earth, and letting the DNA unravel in different ways to create any creature on the Earth. All life on Earth is related. Humans didn't exactly evolve, it already happened, it's just that we went through that cycle again, and our "evolution" was triggered by environmental factors and what not.
With a simple alien cell, you could eventually have super smart life forms that you create.
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[highlight]All hail the new alien overlord specie[/highlight][/QUOTE]
what the fuck were you doing during biology class
[QUOTE=Otsegolation;28441516]This means that we can let this bacteria into different alien life forms.
It's like taking simple cells from Earth, and letting the DNA unravel in different ways to create any creature on the Earth. All life on Earth is related. Humans didn't exactly evolve, it already happened, it's just that we went through that cycle again, and our "evolution" was triggered by environmental factors and what not.
With a simple alien cell, you could eventually have super smart life forms that you create.
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[highlight]All hail the new alien overlord specie[/highlight][/QUOTE]
Uh, I'm kinda confused as to what you're suggesting, although it seems to be that evolution is on a fixed path or is heading towards a particular goal, which is wrong. Humanity wasn't coded into the DNA of ancient creatures.
[QUOTE=Otsegolation;28441516]
With a simple alien cell, you could eventually have super smart life forms that you create.
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Nope. Not a million years. Or even a couple billion years.
I'm sure many others will illustrate why.
No man, take some DNA from Earth and you can make any Earth-bound creature with it.
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With science apparatus of course.
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Remember the two headed snake illustrating the caution to the people? It's not really a snake, but more like DNA!!!! Cos DNA looks like 2 snakes.
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