Hubble finds first organic molecule on extrasolar planet

[HayabusaHead]

If there is water,tectonic activity, volcanoes,stacks or plain friction of any sort,your almost there.Time and luck will create more complex molecules which ultimately will end up with the beginning's of that worldy evolutions path.

[koobz21]

hubblecast? i thought he said holocaust... british....

[German4footg]

when you say "Welcome to the hubble-cast" it sounds like "welcome to the Holocaust".

[saturninenight]

......that t-shirt. Must be a Bjork fan.

[farhmoha]

meeee-thane rofl

[DekodeOne]

Damn, i cant stop but the HOSTS adams apple want to escape from the throat.

[bubbs0643]

I love science.

[crubs83]

i suprised that the me-thane doesent break down into e-thane at that temperature. methane and water doesnt give you life anyway, life isnt as simple as "just add water to me-thane"

[baley7]

In those conditions (900 C) methane is in stable respect it's elements ( C + H2). So no cracking reactions here! at least not in the hot side of the planet.

[trig666]

I thought methane was flamable, surely at the temp of the planet the methane would have burnt off?

[Sigbarth]

no oxygen, no combustion

[Chasehead]

At the beginning it sounds like he's saying "Welcome to the holocaust!"

[Lee292007]

Why do people assume that ALL life needs the same conditions that life on Earth requires? Humans are so small minded. Life can evolve to any environment, so it could be that the planets that Humans think are the most unlikely to have life, could be the very ones that have it in abundance.

[VimeC]

No element other than carbon can do what carbon does. Carbon-based life forms have to have certain characteristics, based on what carbon does and does not react with. That's why we expect life to be so similar. Of course, no-one who knows what they're talking about actually guarantees that it will be the same - just that that's what we expect.

[LuminaryGames]

True.. and I agree with you. But you cannot discount the fact that it is possible that carbon based lifeforms are the only way to create life.

There are billions x billions of planets out there so we can assume coincidences that are infinitely small because there are infinitely large amounts of "tries" on each planet.

We can also assume that every possible environment exists out there some where.

[gearsguy92]

you want to no the true size of space?

ok, think of a space as big as you can picture and square the size of it by 10

[Makaveli16]

Dr J has AIDS!

[KeiTH08HuaRaCHe]

hey u sure this is not the nibiru planet its said that it will hit earth in 2012.. dooms day

[KeiTH08HuaRaCHe]

hey u sure this is not the nibiru planet its said that it will hit earth in 2012.. dooms day

[landcruiserlarry]

ME-thane

[Eurostar710]

Yes life as "we know it" there could be life that needs 3000 degrees to live. i know that there is life in the universe, even intelligent, and we are being visited by them.

[loodahchris04]

i love how he says "meee-thane"

[VimeC]

How do you say it?

[Antidote37]

lol joke

[Antidote37]

i knew it! aliens are real!

[hellshade2]

i had made a quick vid on my channel to note this event. but alas yours is better because i suck at video editing :)

[KyotoMelody]

btw... lol I wouldnt try to smell methane tho!

[VimeC]

Why? It's odourless.

[KyotoMelody]

woww! thanks Stephen!

[Intervene]

Awesome stuff mate. Highly interesting.

[Clausfarre]

Planet Of The Cows. Book a seat now!

[homousios]

Thanks for keeping us aware of comic developments, serendipity in space