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Space Rock Contains Organic Feast

Posted February 16, 2010 8:00 AM

From BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition:

Scientists say that a meteorite that crashed into Earth 40 years ago contains millions of different carbon-containing, or organic, molecules. Although they are not a sign of life, such organic compounds are life's building blocks, and are a sign of conditions in the early Solar System

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02/16/2010 12:45 PM

Could that not be the same as tektite? acquired on impact.

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