THIS IS A BIG DEAL - NASA FUNDED RESEARCH CREATES DNA-LIKE MOLECULE

Hey Space Placers!

Look at this:

This illustration shows the structure of a new synthetic DNA molecule, dubbed hachimoji DNA, which uses the four informational ingredients of regular DNA (green, red, blue, yellow) in addition to four new ones (cyan, pink, purple, orange).

Credits: Indiana University School of Medicine

Reading like something out of a science fiction novel, scientists have created a new synthetic DNA molecule. The discovery forces astrobiologists to consider what might constitute life beyond what we know it to be here on Earth. 

The research shows that there are other means to create a "double-helix structure that can store and transfer information".

This is just another example of how "life always finds a way"......my personal belief that life is probably teeming in our solar system and on other exoplanets. There are just too many exoplanets and stars and galaxies out there for us to be the only life form in it all. Until, and IF we discover an off Earth form of life we are it. All the more reason why our planet and ALL of its life forms are so precious.....

Sky Guy in VA