Light Energy Contains The Co-Building Blocks For Human Life

From Musatov: the concept of life hurtling through space as a blinding
white light amidst a sea of darkness may not be a metaphor.

Building block of life found on comet
Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:37am EDT
By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The amino acid glycine, a fundamental building
block of proteins, has been found in a comet for the first time,
bolstering the theory that raw ingredients of life arrived on Earth
from outer space, scientists said on Monday.

Microscopic traces of glycine were discovered in a sample of particles
retrieved from the tail of comet Wild 2 by the NASA spacecraft
Stardust deep in the solar system some 242 million miles (390 million
km) from Earth, in January 2004.

Samples of gas and dust collected on a small dish lined with a super-
fluffy material called aerogel were returned to Earth two years later
in a canister that detached from the spacecraft and landed by
parachute in the Utah desert.

Comets like Wild 2, named for astronomer Paul Wild (pronounced Vild),
are believed to contain well-preserved grains of material dating from
the dawn of the solar system billions of years ago, and thus clues to
the formation of the sun and planets.

The initial detection of glycine, the most common of 20 amino acids in
proteins on Earth, was reported last year, but it took time for
scientists to confirm that the compound in question was
extraterrestrial in origin.

"We couldn't be sure it wasn't from the manufacturing or the handling
of the spacecraft," said astrobiologist Jamie Elsila of NASA's Goddard
Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the principal author of
the latest research.

She presented the findings, accepted for publication in the journal
Meteoritics and Planetary Science, to a meeting of the American
Chemical Society in Washington, D.C., this week.

"We've seen amino acids in meteorites before, but this is the first
time it's been detected in a comet," she said.

Chains of amino acids are strung together to form protein molecules in
everything from hair to the enzymes that regulate chemical reactions
inside living organisms. But scientists have long puzzled over whether
these complex organic compounds originated on Earth or in space.

The latest findings add credence to the notion that extraterrestrial
objects such as meteorites and comets may have seeded ancient Earth,
and other planets, with the raw materials of life that formed
elsewhere in the cosmos.

"The discovery of glycine in a comet supports the idea that the
fundamental building blocks of life are prevalent in space, and
strengthens the argument that life in the universe may be common
rather than rare," said Carl Pilcher, the director of the NASA
Astrobiology Institute in California, which co-funded the research.

Glycine and other amino acids have been found in a number of
meteorites before, most notably one that landed near the town of
Murchison, Australia in 1969, Elsila said.

(Editing by Anthony Boadle)

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Understanding the Qur’an

The Qur’an contains revelation from Allah and the true nature of
revelation is to guide mankind from darkness to light:
‘A book which we have revealed unto thee in order that thou mightest
lead mankind out of the depths of darkness into light - by the leave
of they Lord - to the way of (Him) the exalted in power, worthy of all
praise’ The Holy Qur’an, Chapter 14, Verse 1


The revelation came in the language of the messenger and his people in
order that it might be understood:
‘We have made it a Qur’an in Arabic that ye may be able to understand
( and learn wisdom).’ The Holy Qur’an, Chapter 43, Verse 3

In the process of understanding a message two steps are essential:
- To receive the message correctly and completely, in this case to
receive its words correctly and completely.
- To ‘decode’ it, to grasp the meanings of the message received.
Only the combination of the two elements, i.e. reception and decoding,
lead to proper understanding of the message.
It is not correct to assume that understanding the Qur’an in order to
take guidance from it depends upon direct knowledge of the Arabic
language, since there are numerous Arabic-speaking people who do not
understand the message of the Qur’an. Rather the Qur’an tells us that
right guidance comes only from Allah: ‘This is the guidance of God: He
giveth that guidance to whom He pleaseth of His worshippers…’, The
Holy Qur’an, Chapter 6, Verse 88

However, to understand the language of the Qur’an is a prerequisite to
fully grasp its meanings. Hence many Muslims have learned this
language. Others, who have not done so, make use of translations,
which for them is an indirect means of knowing the language, as in the
translations of the meanings of the Qur’an have been rendered into
their mother tongues so that they may familiarise themselves with the
message from Allah.

This message can be understood by all human beings who are willing to
listen, for the Qur’an is not difficult but easy:
‘We have indeed made the Qur’an easy to remember: but is there any
that remembers it?’, The Holy Qur’an, Chapter 54, Verse 17








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gratis-_+_8_Sum_ wrote:
From Musatov: the concept of life hurtling through space as a blinding
white light amidst a sea of darkness may not be a metaphor.

There is huge jump in logic here. Is "Musatov" Victor
Musatov, the artist?

Building block of life found on comet
Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:37am EDT
By Steve Gorman

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The amino acid glycine, a fundamental building
block of proteins, has been found in a comet for the first time,
bolstering the theory that raw ingredients of life arrived on Earth
from outer space, scientists said on Monday.

Microscopic traces of glycine were discovered in a sample of particles
retrieved from the tail of comet Wild 2 by the NASA spacecraft
Stardust deep in the solar system some 242 million miles (390 million
km) from Earth, in January 2004.

Samples of gas and dust collected on a small dish lined with a super-
fluffy material called aerogel were returned to Earth two years later
in a canister that detached from the spacecraft and landed by
parachute in the Utah desert.

Comets like Wild 2, named for astronomer Paul Wild (pronounced Vild),
are believed to contain well-preserved grains of material dating from
the dawn of the solar system billions of years ago, and thus clues to
the formation of the sun and planets.

The initial detection of glycine, the most common of 20 amino acids in
proteins on Earth, was reported last year, but it took time for
scientists to confirm that the compound in question was
extraterrestrial in origin.

"We couldn't be sure it wasn't from the manufacturing or the handling
of the spacecraft," said astrobiologist Jamie Elsila of NASA's Goddard
Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, the principal author of
the latest research.

She presented the findings, accepted for publication in the journal
Meteoritics and Planetary Science, to a meeting of the American
Chemical Society in Washington, D.C., this week.

"We've seen amino acids in meteorites before, but this is the first
time it's been detected in a comet," she said.

Chains of amino acids are strung together to form protein molecules in
everything from hair to the enzymes that regulate chemical reactions
inside living organisms. But scientists have long puzzled over whether
these complex organic compounds originated on Earth or in space.

The latest findings add credence to the notion that extraterrestrial
objects such as meteorites and comets may have seeded ancient Earth,
and other planets, with the raw materials of life that formed
elsewhere in the cosmos.

"The discovery of glycine in a comet supports the idea that the
fundamental building blocks of life are prevalent in space, and
strengthens the argument that life in the universe may be common
rather than rare," said Carl Pilcher, the director of the NASA
Astrobiology Institute in California, which co-funded the research.

Glycine and other amino acids have been found in a number of
meteorites before, most notably one that landed near the town of
Murchison, Australia in 1969, Elsila said.

(Editing by Anthony Boadle)

On Aug 18, 1:54*pm, "gratis-_+_8_Sum_" wrote:
Glycine and other amino acids have been found in a number of
meteorites before, most notably one that landed near the town of
Murchison, Australia in 1969, Elsila said.

Glycine is a simple compound found just about anywhere we can look,
including inside a jar full of methane and ammonia and an electric
spark. It only indicates that the abiotic synthesis of more complex
compounds is not completely out of the question.

DB