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Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold the pristine building blocks for life and the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth and that these ingredients were mingling with water almost right from the start.

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Larry1 year ago

Good, because “god” aka sky fairy ain’t real!! He didn’t create earth or the universe! He is a fictional character!

Danielson1 year ago

Cool.

FRANK E ELKINS2 years ago

“Science doesn’t tell us why the Big Bang happened, how the singularity occurred in the first place, or why it exploded when it did. It tells us there is objective scientific evidence that it occurred. So, what exactly was the Big Bang?” – Book III The Enigmatic Mystery

praylivenetwork non-denominational prayer 24/71 year ago

Excellent presentation

👁️Question Everything👁️1 year ago

@CBSNews Oh hell no! I’ve seen this movie before and it doesn’t end well for humanity. Put that shit on the next rocket back into outer space!

Liberty Gulch1 year ago

@CBSNews No, God did that, and you know it!

We the people1 year ago

@CBSNews Here for the comments. (not that fake news CBS gets a lot)

John West1 year ago

@CBSNews Really? Where did these asteroids come from? Weren’t everything in this solar system this galaxy formed by mutual forces? If so doesn’t make sense that everything in this solar system and galaxy be alike? Just an uneducated old El Stupido observation.

Andrea Fuzzi1 year ago

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Val E.1 year ago

@CBSNews I like new CBS evening news.

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