We have found extraterrestrial life in our solar-system. Due to recent findings, scientists have detected the amino acid glycine in comet bits. In 2006 NASA's space probe, Stardust, brought back samples from the comet Wild 2.
To me, this means that the building blocks of life are in actuality, all around us. Our solar system must be truly abundant with these proteins, if a single probe can collect glycine from a single comet on one single mission. Some scientists think that gas clouds contain these amino acids, and that these proteins could possibly float right on through the cosmos. A puzzling thought, to be sure. Imagine life continually gliding through the universe, with no destination and an unknown point of origin. Absolutely extraordinary.
This finding definitely concludes that life does exist beyond earth. Perhaps in the near future we could discover intelligent life in the cosmos. Until then, we can all hope they come in peace.
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Brandon, this is intriguing, but is this protein "life" or a building block of life? Your post leaves this unclear. Also, in the future, you should cite the source of the information and link to it if possible.
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