Indian Scientists Examine Shocking New Theory Which Might Prove Life Exists on Other Planets

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Indian Scientists Examine Shocking New Theory Which Might Prove Life Exists on Other Planets

Although scientist seem agreed that life on Earth began around 4 billion years ago and consisted at first of amoebae and other monocellular structures, gradually evolving into a dazzling array of complex structures, HOW life began, is another story entirely and the source of countless theories. Now some think it could all have started with a shock.

The planet’s first living organisms which emerged billions of years ago may have come into existence after life-forming molecules – those building blocks on which life depends, such as amino acids – were subjected to a shockwave, a method known as shock-processing, a team of scientists led by Surendra Singh at India’s Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) found.

PRL scientists have used two Material Shock Tube facilities in Bengaluru and Ahmedabad to perform a series of experiments in which they subjected a range of amino acids and nucleobases to high-intensity shocks. These tubes can generate shockwaves with speeds of up to Mach 5.6 [ie, 5.6 times the speed of sound], temperatures of about 8000K and lasting approximately 2 milliseconds.

After shock-processing a mixture of many of the amino acids (up to 20), scientists observed twisted, threads that split/combine, and tube-like structures being formed.

The speed at which basic ingredients of a living cell were formed surprised scientists as the conversion of simple to complex molecules by the action of charged particles such as electrons, protons and ions takes a long time.

The study also provides further experimental evidence for the ‘threads’ observed in meteorites because (bio)molecules are assembled from impact-induced shocks.

“These results suggest that impact shock processes might have contributed to the self-assembly of biologically relevant structures and the origin of life,” it added.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

Indian Scientists Examine Shocking New Theory Which Might Prove Life Exists on Other Planets

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