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Life Discovered in Flammable Ice
Elderberry:
By Strange Sounds -Feb 9, 2020
There is abundance of combustible ice found on the bottom of the Joetsu Basin in the Japan Sea
And scientists have discovered the existence of life in that so-called flammable ice.
Microdolomite and Bacteria Symbiosis
While melting the hydrate to study the methane gas release, the lead author of the study noticed a deposit left behind that contained some small spheroidal grains, called microdolomites.
Moreover, oil was shown to be degraded by bacteria in the microenvironments surrounding the grains. Doing so, scientists discovered that the bacteria were enabling the growth of the microdolomites:
The bacteria feeding off the oil, produce oxidized carbon in the process.
The oxidized carbon, a key component of the microdolomites, is then used to continually grow the grain.
Meanwhile, the bacteria were building a home for themselves.
But where else this microhabitat might exist?
In space, you are right. Just think about the multiple icy moons of Jupiter and other giant gaseous planets or even Pluto in our solar system.
Yep, all those frigid cold planets, moons, asteroids and comets at the edge of every planetary system could host tiny microhabitats with microbes building their own ‘death stars’ and making their own tiny little atmospheres and ecosystems, just as these scientists have discovered here.
More: https://strangesounds.org/2020/02/life-discovered-flammable-ice-methane-hydrates.html
sneakypete:
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@Elderberry
Say WHAT?????
Yeah,ice is made from water and water has oxygen and hydrogen in it that makes it combustable,but you are going to use up a LOT of matches and disposable lighters trying to set it off without compressing in in the core of an explosion.
Elderberry:
--- Quote from: sneakypete on February 09, 2020, 03:36:06 pm ---
@Elderberry
Say WHAT?????
Yeah,ice is made from water and water has oxygen and hydrogen in it that makes it combustable,but you are going to use up a LOT of matches and disposable lighters trying to set it off without compressing in in the core of an explosion.
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@sneakypete
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sneakypete:
@Elderberry
Thanks! There are some things you have to see to believe.
ChemEngrMBA:
--- Quote from: Elderberry on February 09, 2020, 03:29:06 pm ---
Yep, all those frigid cold planets, moons, asteroids and comets at the edge of every planetary system could host tiny microhabitats with microbes building their own ‘death stars’ and making their own tiny little atmospheres and ecosystems, just as these scientists have discovered here.
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God created earth and all the animals and plants thereon. We are alone. There are no other microbes anywhere, much less bigger things. The statistics of naturalistic protein synthesis are insuperable (impossible). 1/20 to the 150th power is far beyond impossible, and that is just for one very simple protein. Just one. We have 5,000 in our bodies, ranging in size up to 33,450 amino acid residues in length. What is 1/20 to the 33,450th please? You can get closer to zero than that, but it really isn't necessary.
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