“Organic molecules delivered from extraterrestrial materials may have played a key role in supplying building blocks for life on Earth,” said one scientist.
I’ve heard, and may be incorrect now so please nobody repeat this as absolute science fact:
The way the earth was when it formed would have destroyed these building blocks for the most part, their arrival after the earth stopped being a molten hellscape helps get around that.
I’ve heard, and may be incorrect now so please nobody repeat this as absolute science fact:
The way the earth was when it formed would have destroyed these building blocks for the most part, their arrival after the earth stopped being a molten hellscape helps get around that.
There are also plenty of tests confirming those circumstances naturally lead to nucleotides forming.
Finding them on asteroid isn’t proof of panspermia but it is evidence that life is a natural and expected feature of the universe.