Doug Hudgins
Doug Hudgins
assumption building complex delivered discovered earthly environment formed happen molecules origin outside simple time
There once was a time that the assumption was that the origin of life, everything from building simple compounds up to complex life, had to happen here on Earth. We've discovered that some very biologically interesting molecules can be formed outside our earthly environment and delivered here.
abundance creating dawn life likely present proof time useful
This isn't proof that they were used, but a likely suggestion. They were present in abundance at the dawn of time and could have been useful in creating the first life form.
delivered space surface survive tells
This tells us that these things that we see out in space can survive interstellar space and successfully be delivered to the surface of a planet.
discovery explained found molecules nitrogen putting reservoir stuff takes transforms troubling
When we did that, we found that putting a little nitrogen in these molecules explained the troubling molecules. This discovery takes this reservoir of molecules that we didn't think were interesting and transforms all this stuff into something of biologic interest.