Can we please keep this thread OUT of the Spin Zone???

[Captain]

Sooooo, we gonna talk about this?

 

[Jim Logajan]

Organic molecules - that just means molecules with carbon - were found on a comet.

They haven't specified which molecules. I don't think there is anything surprising about it, since a comet consists mostly of water ice and dust, where the dust is made of minerals that include plenty of carbon.

More precisely, chemists apply the label "organic" to any compound containing carbon-hydrogen covalent bonds.

That covers an infinite number of possible compounds. Organic does NOT mean biologic at all. Organic compounds are spread throughout space; here is a nice review article "Organic matter in space - An overview":
http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FIAU%2FIAU4_S251%2FS1743921308021078a.pdf&code=bda301a862f91fdc8eb4aa14d4bda045#xml=http://journals.cambridge.org/data/userPdf/