The last post referred to dust around a new planetary system and the development of life. This post relates to the wider issue of life throughout the universe.
Bahá’u’lláh said the following:
“All-praise and glory be to God Who, through the power of His might, hath delivered His creation from the nakedness of nonexistence, and clothed it with the mantle of life.”
Gleanings p77-78
And in the longer morning prayer:
“Keep us safe, then, through Thine unfailing protection, O Thou the Beloved of the entire creation and the Desire of the whole universe…”
So an article in “Universe Today” caught my interest when it reported the discovery of a complex ring-shaped sulfur-bearing molecule (thiepine) apparently being formed in interstellar space far from any star.
This molecule is another which is believed to be important in the origin of life. It is a surprise to find that it can form in the cold of interstellar space!
The detailed article concludes with the comment:
“These and other findings indicate that the origins of life reside in space, and are far more plentiful than previously thought!”
Food for thought.
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