[meteorite-list] NP Article, 09-1983 Maybe We're Not Alone
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:17:50 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV131JuiTDKdP00022931_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0058_01C3C4F2.1EC36F00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Lethbridge Herald City: Lethbridge, Alberta Date: Saturday, September 03, 1983 Page: C3 Maybe we're not alone WASHINGTON (AP) - The discovery that a meteorite fell to Earth with five = chemicals found in the genes of all living creatures improves the chances= that life exists in other part of the universe, a researcher says. The findings "suggest that life elsewhere in the universe is more likely,= and they provide a clearer understanding of the origins of life on Earth= ," Dr. Cyril Ponnamperuma, a University of Maryland researcher said Monda= y. "We found only the precursors of life," he added. "We have not found life= there (in the meteorite)." Chemicals called bases, which were found in the Murchison meteorite that = was recovered in Australia in 1969, are the basic components of deoxyribo= nucleic acid, or DNA, and ribonucleic acid, or RNA, the molecules that ma= ke up genetic material. Their existence in the meteorite has been confirmed by Dr. Stanley Miller= of the University of California at San Diego and researches at the Unive= rsity of Missouri at Columbia, Ponnamperuma said. (Mark note: After a brief delay, life has settled once again and I will s= tart trying to find more time for newspaper research.) Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0058_01C3C4F2.1EC36F00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><B><FONT size=3D= 2> <P>Paper: Lethbridge Herald</P> <P>City: Lethbridge, Alberta</P> <P>Da= te: Saturday, September 03, 1983</P> <P>Page: C3</P></B> <P> </P> <P= >Maybe we're not alone</P> <P> </P> <P>WASHINGTON (AP) - The discove= ry that a meteorite fell to Earth with five chemicals found in the genes = of all living creatures improves the chances that life exists in other pa= rt of the universe, a researcher says.</P> <P>The findings "suggest that = life elsewhere in the universe is more likely, and they provide a clearer= understanding of the origins of life on Earth," Dr. Cyril Ponnamperuma, = a University of Maryland researcher said Monday.</P> <P>"We found only th= e precursors of life," he added. "We have not found life there (in the me= teorite)."</P> <P>Chemicals called bases, which were found in the Murchis= on meteorite that was recovered in Australia in 1969, are the basic compo= nents of deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, and ribonucleic acid, or RNA, the= molecules that make up genetic material.</P> <P>Their existence in the m= eteorite has been confirmed by Dr. Stanley Miller of the University of Ca= lifornia at San Diego and researches at the University of Missouri at Col= umbia, Ponnamperuma said.</P></FONT>(Mark note: After a brief delay, life= has settled once again and I will start trying to find more time for new= spaper research.)<BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free = on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0058_01C3C4F2.1EC36F00-- Received on Thu 18 Dec 2003 12:04:27 AM PST |
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