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Comet landing: Organic extraterrestrial molecules detected by Philae lander

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 16:31
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The Philae lander has detected organic molecules on the surface of its comet, scientists have confirmed.

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bbc.com By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website


Carbon-containing “organics” are the basis of life on Earth and may give clues to chemical ingredients delivered to our planet early in its history.

The compounds were picked up by a German-built instrument designed to “sniff” the comet’s thin atmosphere.

Other analyses suggest the comet’s surface is largely water-ice covered with a thin dust layer.

The European Space Agency (Esa) craft touched down on the Comet 67P on 12 November after a 10-year journey.
Dr Fred Goessmann, principal investigator on the Cosac instrument, which made the organics detection, confirmed the find to BBC News. But he added that the team was still trying to interpret the results. 

It has not been disclosed which molecules have been found, or how complex they are.

But the results are likely to provide insights into the possible role of comets in contributing some of the chemical building blocks to the primordial mix from which life evolved on the early Earth.




Source: http://www.ascensionearth2012.org/2014/11/comet-landing-organic-extraterrestrial.html

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  • If anyone actually believes they landed this on a comet, you really are easy to deceive since you know nothing about graphic editing and CGI. Coments are not made of ICE, if you think you are looking at ice in these pictures, you are really are brainwashed and lying to yourself. Here’s some help that indisputably proves comets where never made of ice;

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34wtt2EUToo

    Also, the molecules found are found everywhere in the universe, carbon is one constituent of organic molecules whereas the opposite is inorganic. I guess the author of this article wanted to fuel more lies that life exists outside the planet by adding the “extraterrestrial” part in the title compared to how ESA has been releasing the news as “organic molecules” sans “extra-terrestrial” for it’s already understood as such obviously.

    ESA and NASA are generating a false reality for the world, and most just eat it all up as foolish sheep.

    awakened2truth@youtube

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