Scientists on Friday identified two complex organic molecules, or building blocks of life, on a comet for the first time, shedding new light on the cosmic origins of planets like Earth.
Ethyl alcohol and a simple sugar known as glycolaldehyde were detected in Comet Lovejoy, said the study in the journal Science Advances.
"These complex organic molecules may be part of the rocky material from which planets are formed," said the study.
Other organic molecules have previously been discovered in comets, most recently in comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, on which the European space agency's Philae found several organic molecules -- including four never detected before on a comet.
Since comets contain some of the oldest and most primitive material in the solar system, scientists regard them as time capsules, offering a peek and how it all started 4.6 billion years ago.
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It seems inevitable that extraterrestrial life will be found somewhere. When it is, many religious beliefs and narratives may be abandoned.
On that day, the first question I will ask is this: Did G-d really give to Israel the land between the Nile and Euphrates Rivers? If He didn't, then why are we condoning and often enabling their expulsion of the Palestinian people and the destruction of the sovereign states in the region?
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