Published 2025-05-12 · Duration 0:33 · Video file(2.4 MB)
Life-like elements found in comets and fireflies; organic molecules on planets hint at the origin of life.
Transcript
There's living critters out there somewhere. I have the fireflies. The stuff of life is absolutely everywhere. Comets, the outer solar system, the cold, dark, near vacuum between the stars are all loaded with complex organic molecules, the very sort that you would want to have for the origin of life. We see forming planetary systems everywhere.