{"id":7527,"date":"2022-07-22T10:44:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T10:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/indian-scientists-examine-shocking-new-theory-which-might-prove-life-exists-on-other-planets"},"modified":"2022-07-22T10:59:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T10:59:57","slug":"indian-scientists-examine-shocking-new-theory-which-might-prove-life-exists-on-other-planets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/indian-scientists-examine-shocking-new-theory-which-might-prove-life-exists-on-other-planets","title":{"rendered":"Indian Scientists Examine Shocking New Theory Which Might Prove Life Exists on Other Planets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>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.<\/p>\n<p>The planet\u2019s first living organisms which emerged billions of years ago may have come into existence after life-forming molecules &#8211; those building blocks on which life depends, such as amino acids &#8211; were subjected to a shockwave, a method known as shock-processing, a team of scientists led by Surendra Singh at India\u2019s Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShock-processing of amino acids and nucleobases tends to form complex macroscale structures within about 2 milliseconds. This discovery suggests that the building blocks of life could have polymerised not just on Earth but on other planetary bodies through shock-processing life-forming molecules,\u201d a release issued by the Indian Space Research Organisation read.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClearly there is a resemblance in the complex macroscale structures we see in the shocked samples with those found in cellular structures. Similar structures have also been reported to be present in some of the meteorites, although their origin and exact nature has been unknown,\u201d scientists observed after imaging analysis.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The study also provides further experimental evidence for the \u2018threads\u2019 observed in meteorites because (bio)molecules are assembled from impact-induced shocks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese results suggest that impact shock processes might have contributed to the self-assembly of biologically relevant structures and the origin of life,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. 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. 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