Spaceref article

[alokmohan]

Astronomers at the Carnegie Institution have found the first indications of highly complex organic molecules in the disk of red dust surrounding a distant star. The eight-million-year-old star, known as HR 4796A, is inferred to be in the late stages of planet formation, suggesting that the basic building blocks of life may be common in planetary systems. <br /><br />In a study published in the current Astrophysical Journal Letters, John Debes and Alycia Weinberger of the Carnegie Institutions Department of Terrestrial Magnetism with Glenn Schneider of the University of Arizona report observations of infrared <br />

 

[alokmohan]

It may be seeds of life?

 

[SpeedFreek]

It might indeed. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />(A good tip for you - try to include something about the subject in the title. "Spaceref Article" says nothing on what the article is about. Something like "Have astronomers found the seeds of life floating in space?" or "Clouds of complex organic molecules discovered" might attract more replies. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000">_______________________________________________<br /></font><font size="2"><em>SpeedFreek</em></font> </p> </div>

 

[nimbus]

Thanks for the heads up, and congrats on the clusterdom.. One more to go <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[ashish27]

So organic material is formed before actually the planets take shape??

 

[Swampcat]

Red Dust in Planet-Forming Disk May Harbor Precursors to Life.<br /><br />A link to the original article would be useful, alok. You're a cluster now. Act like it <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" />.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="3" color="#ff9900"><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>------------------------------------------------------------------- </em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong><em>"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government."</em></strong></font></p><p><font size="1" color="#993300"><strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong></font></p></font> </div>

 

[ashish27]

hahaha <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" />