First Discovery of Life’s Building Block in Comet

The James Webb Space Telescope
http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/

"NASA Researchers Make First Discovery of Life's Building Block in Comet
08.17.09
NASA scientists have discovered glycine, a fundamental building block of life, in samples of comet Wild 2 returned by NASA's Stardust spacecraft.
"Glycine is an amino acid used by living organisms to make proteins, and this is the first time an amino acid has been found in a comet," said Dr. Jamie Elsila of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "Our discovery supports the theory that some of life's ingredients formed in space and were delivered to Earth long ago by meteorite and comet impacts."
"The discovery of amino acids in the returned comet sample is very exciting and profound. It is also a remarkable triumph that highlights the advancing capabilities of laboratory studies of primitive extraterrestrial materials."
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/stardust/news/stardust_amino_acid.html

First amino acid on a comet found - New Scientist
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17628-first-amino-acid-on-a-comet-found.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=space
Amino Acid Found in Stardust Comet Sample | Universe Today
Stardust captured the samples from comet Wild 2 in 2004 and returned them to Earth in 2006. "Glycine is an amino acid used by living organisms to make proteins, and this is the first time an amino acid has been found in a comet," said Dr. Jamie Elsila of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/08/17/amino-acid-found-in-stardust-comet-sample/
First Discovery Of Life's Building Block In Comet
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090817143602.htm
Life’s building blocks found in comet - Space.com- msnbc.com
"A fundamental ingredient for life has been discovered in a comet sample, supporting the idea that such icy objects seeded early Earth with the stuff needed to whip up living organisms. "
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32451751/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Vanquishing Infinity: Old Methods Lead To New Approach To Finding Quantum Theory Of Gravity
"Their new results are reported in Physical Review Letters and highlighted in a commentary by Hermann Nicolai at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam, Germany, in Physics."
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090817143556.htm

地球への天体衝突、監視できない…ＮＡＳＡ、予算不足で - ：朝日新聞
現在はほかの予算からの流用が続いている状況で、必要な数の望遠鏡を整備できないため、この目標の達成は不可能と結論づけた。
小惑星などの天体衝突は、約６５００万年前の恐竜絶滅の引き金になったとの説が有力。　米プリンストン大が０１年に発表した研究によると、地球の文明が破壊されるほどの天体衝突が今後１００年間に起きる確率は５千分の１とされている。 "
http://www.asahi.com/science/update/0815/TKY200908150103.html

円周率２兆５７６９億けたまで計算　筑波大、ギネス申請（毎日新聞）
"円周率を小数点以下２兆５７６９億８０３７万けたまで計算し、世界記録としてギネスブックに申請したと発表した。同大のスーパーコンピューター「Ｔ２Ｋ筑波システム」を使い、約７３時間３６分かかったという。従来の記録は、東京大と日立製作所が０２年に達成した１兆２４１１億けただった。
「Ｔ２Ｋ」は毎秒９５兆回の計算ができ、計算能力は世界４９位"
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20090817-00000048-mai-soci

In Pictures: 'Woodstock 40th Anniversary' - Monsters and Critics
"Music fans sit below a pavillion tent at the Bethel Woods Music Festival near the original Woodstock Concert site, in Bethel, New York, USA, 15 August, 2009. The concert celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original Woodstock music festival"
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/music/features/article_1495692.php/In-Pictures-Woodstock-40th-Anniversary

ドラゴンクエストIX　星空の守り人」 - ITmedia
"配信クエストを紹介。また、上級職「賢者」と「スーパースター」とそれぞれの究極技「秘伝書」についても紹介する。"
http://gamez.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0908/13/news023.html

「ドラクエ9」は、7月末までに320万本超を売り上げ"
「ドラクエIX」攻略本、2週連続「1Q84」超え ITmedia News
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/0908/17/news040.html

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