{"id":39888,"date":"2023-11-15T12:26:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=39888"},"modified":"2023-11-15T12:26:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:26:55","slug":"could-comets-deposit-building-blocks-life-exoplanets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/could-comets-deposit-building-blocks-life-exoplanets\/39888\/","title":{"rendered":"Could comets deposit building blocks for life to exoplanets?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have shown how comets could deposit building blocks for life on other planets in the galaxy.<\/h2>\n
To deliver organic material, comets need to be travelling at speeds below 15km per second. The essential molecules would not survive at higher speeds because the speed and temperature would cause them to break apart.<\/p>\n
Comets can travel at the right speed in \u2018peas in a pod\u2019 systems where planets orbit closely together. In the right system, the comet can be passed from one planet’s orbit to another, causing it to slow down.<\/p>\n
The comet would crash on a planet\u2019s surface if it travelled at slow enough speeds, delivering the building blocks for life.<\/p>\n