Life in Space may Not Require a Planet

It’s lengthy been known that the building blocks of life came to Earth and extra planets from space, but researchers think that life could arise from persons ingredients in space itself, BBC information. Although the exact processes of how life formed on Earth are still not obvious, scientists have shown that the basic molecules that make up carbon-based life can be shaped from frozen water, methanol, and ammonia, substances commonly originate in space nebulae. Whereas normally the heat of a planet or star would be required to help these substances combine to form sugars, ultraviolet radiation passing through space can do the job, according to a latest study in Science. Amino acids are also present in space, and scientists consider that RNA and DNA chains could begin to form there. But the same radiation that could reason life in outer space would also be its greatest enemy, as its rays would likely injure the growing molecular chains and keep life from becoming-complex.