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Originally Posted by Noclevername
No, just a confirmation that the materials of life are common. We already knew that the molecular precursors of life were common, this is just another refinement of that. Still just raw materials, nothing about panspermia, or actual extraterrestrial life.
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And that's what's curious about it; couldn't biological processes on the meteorite's parent body as well be a plausible explanation for the excess handedness in these amino acids? Is it not a defining characteristic of life as we know it? Is it necessary to hold to some unknown natural process as the only explanation?
If the ingredients for Life are more abundant off planet than on, chemistry and physics are everywhere the same, and hallmarks of Life like this excess handedness in amino acids are found in meteorites free of earthly contaminates, why not suggest possible et life or panspermia?