Ice asteroids likely source of Earth's water
Thu, 2010-04-29 11:47
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Bec.De.Corbin
Ice asteroids likely source of Earth's water
Thu, 2010-04-29 12:07
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Bec.De.Corbin
Astronomers have for the first time detected ice and organic compounds on an asteroid, a pair of landmark studies released on Wednesday says.The discovery bolsters the theory that comets and asteroids crashing into Earth nearly four billion years ago seeded the planet with water and carbon-based molecules, both essential ingredients for life.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100428/sc_afp/spaceasteroidsearthwater_20100428183222
This was also covered on the Discovery channel on "How the Earth Was Formed" series.
I use this stuff as ammo in my arguments with creationist at work... they still won't budge for some strange reason.
Thu, 2010-04-29 13:48
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But isn't it true that mainstream churches all accept the theory of evolution at this point?
I think this ice comet theory would tend to support theories for panspermian exogenesis. Iow's, religionists might simply say something like, We are awe struck by all of God's great and wondrous creation.
Thu, 2010-04-29 14:10
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Bec.De.Corbin
Perhaps modified versions of evolution, I think the two I argue with are a Southern Baptist variant and are part of the God clicks his fingers crowd.
Thu, 2010-04-29 14:25
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You might as well be arguing with the Taliban. One news journalist of the 1990s said the most common question asked of him by Taliban was this: Are the sun and the moon the same?
Thu, 2010-04-29 16:09
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Bec.De.Corbin
Yeah... but it's fun sometimes...
It's interesting that some of the building blocks for life on this planet could have come from outer space AFTER the planet was formed...
Who's to say some more building blocks can't arrive like that in the future? One can only imagine what we'll find out in the asteroid belt if we ever get that far and start exploring it.