I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, astronomy is the most exciting of all the sciences. 🙂 I found this article very interesting and if comets, asteroids and meteorites did help seed the Earth, the possibilities elsewhere in the galaxy let alone the universe for life is excellent.
The study suggests that some organic compounds associated with genetic material might have formed in a meteorite called Murchison before it landed in Australia in 1969. The chemicals are two kinds of nucleobases, ring-like carbon molecules that are essential for the creation of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA.
Source: NewScientist