NASA Found life?? Press conference

[greatfulxdead]

Is anyone else watching this? Apparently NASA found life on one of Saturn's moons

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

 

[ballinouttacntrol]

it's probably just the remains of the whale southpark blasted into space

 

[Juxtaroberto]

Wait, can you explain? I just tuned in and they're talking about bioenergy technology and phosphorus....

 

[bob965]

It's not as cool as the hype made it sound. They didn't find it, they created it, by depriving an arsenic-tolerant bacterium of phosphorous, and providing it an arsenic-rich environment. Supposedly, it incorporated the arsenic into its DNA in place of phosphorous. There is doubt whether this is actually the case though. The bonds formed by the arsenic should, according to our current knowledge of chemistry, hydrolyze in the presence of water and the molecules fall apart.

 

[Warborg]

I'm having having issues with your link(my fault) but if it's the same as this:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101202/sc_nm/us_arsenic_bacteria

It's here on Earth.

 

[Mudslinger14]

They're talking about star wars and luke skywalker

 

[Juxtaroberto]

Ahh, I got all excited. I always hate it when findings get sensationalized. Like when Ida was hailed to be the "last missing link between ape and man" (by the BBC, I think... I'm not sure though, don't quote me).

Here's a more levelheaded look at it: http://www.ciclops.org/news/making_sense.php?id=6431&js=1

 

[bob965]

Ok, now I'm not sure if you're talking about the stuff on titan, or the arsenic bacterium. Both are kinda underwhelming.

 

[livebearerfreak]

there IS life outside of your solar system ( and even within our solar system ) i just KNOW this is, whether scientist discovered a living being or not, its not really *new* they been out there longer then we now..

 

[studd muffin]

it's probably just the remains of the whale southpark blasted into space

lol I saw that episode...