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Left: computer simulation of the distribution of dark matter at an early point in the history of the universe. Image credit: Volker Springel/Millennium Simulation. Right: fluorescence staining of brain neurons. Image credit: neurollero/Flickr.
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The Origin-of-Life (OOL) is defined as an information threshold and compared to the Shannon information of the universe. It is shown that the information content of a minimally viable cell must be greater than the capabilities of the universe to calculate with a random search, and must therefore include coherence. Since No-Free-Lunch theorems argue...
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... of galaxies from molecular clouds is exactly such a process, and if comets played a part in it, we would expect to see the evidence of cometary tracks, like the tips of snowflakes that preferentially grow faster. In the left panel of Figure 1, we show a false-color simulation of galactic density in the early universe condensing along lanes established by dark matter. Where several lanes intersect are greater than average density galaxy clusters. ...
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... 5 In 2011 we addressed the Origin-of-life (OOL) that filled the galaxy with infected comets, arguing that the inter-connected network of comets holds more information than the mere multiplicity of comets, i.e., permutations rather than combinations can explain the information of OOL. [6][7][8] In 2012 we looked inward, examining the nanometer-size magnetites that fill infected comets, arguing that they are biological machines for harvesting energy and magnetic field. 9 In 2013 we brought the large and small together, showing how magnetic fields permit information addition, how biology "violates" the 2nd law of thermodynamics. ...
The wet-comet model (WCM) of the structure and composition of comets was developed in 2005 to replace the “dirty-snowball” model (DSM) of Fred Whipple, because the first comet flybys of P/Halley “armada” revealed a very different landscape. Subsequent flybys of P/Borrelly, P/Wild-2, P/Hartley, P/Tempel-1 have confirmed and refined the model, so that we confidently predicted that the Rosetta mission would encounter a prolate, tumbling, concrete-encrusted, black comet: P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Unfortunately, the Philae lander team was preparing for a DSM and the anchors bounced off the concrete surface, but the orbiter has returned spectacular pictures of every crevice, which confirm and extend the WCM yet a sixth time. We report of what we predicted, what was observed, and several unexpected results from the ROSETTA mission.
... 5 In 2011 we addressed the Origin-of-life (OOL) that filled the galaxy with infected comets, arguing that the inter-connected network of comets holds more information than the mere multiplicity of comets, i.e., permutations rather than combinations can explain the information of OOL. [6][7][8] In 2012 we looked inward, examining the nanometer-scale magnetites that fill infected comets, arguing that they are biological machines for harvesting energy and magnetic field. 9 In 2013 we brought the large and small together, showing how magnetic fields permit information addition, how biology "violates" the 2nd law of thermodynamics. ...
Primordial comets are comets made of Big Bang synthesized materials—water, ammonium, and carbon ices.
These are the basic elements for life, so that these comets can be colonized by cyanobacteria that grow and
bioengineer it for life dispersal. In addition, should they exist in large enough quantities, they would easily
satisfy the qualifications for dark matter: low albedo with low visibility, gravitationally femtolensing, galactic
negative viscosity, early galaxy formation seeds, and a self-interaction providing cosmic structure. The major
arguments against their existence are the absence of metals (elements heavier than He) in ancient Population III stars, and the stringent requirements put on the Big Bang (BB) baryonic density by the BB nucleosynthesis (BBN) models. We argue that CI chondrites, hyperbolic comets, and carbon-enriched Pop III stars are all evidence for primordial comets. The BBN models provide the greater obstacle, but we argue that they crucially omit the magnetic field in their homogeneous, isotropic, “ideal baryon gas” model. Should large magnetic fields exist, not only would they undermine the 1-D models, but if their magnitude exceeds some critical field/density ratio, then the neutrino interacts with the fields, changing the equilibrium ratio of protons to neutrons. Since BBN models are strongly dependent on this ratio, magnetic fields have the potential to radically change the production of C, N, and O (CNO) to produce primordial comets. Then the universe from the earliest moments is not only seeded for galaxy formation, but it is seeded with the ingredients for life.
The wet-comet model (WCM) of the structure and composition of comets was developed in 2005 to replace the “dirty-snowball” model (DSM) of Fred Whipple, because the first comet flybys of P/Halley “armada” revealed a very different landscape. Subsequent flybys of P/Borrelly, P/Wild-2, P/Hartley, P/Tempel-1 have confirmed and refined the model, so that we confidently predicted that the Rosetta mission would encounter a prolate, tumbling, concrete-encrusted, black comet: P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Unfortunately, the Philae lander team was preparing for a DSM and the anchors bounced off the concrete surface, but the orbiter has returned spec- tacular pictures of every crevice, which confirm and extend the WCM yet a sixth time. We report of what we predicted, what was observed, and several unexpected results from the ROSETTA mission.
Primordial comets are comets made of Big Bang synthesized materials—water, ammonium, and carbon ices. These are the basic elements for life, so that these comets can be colonized by cyanobacteria that grow and bioengineer it for life dispersal. In addition, should they exist in large enough quantities, they would easily satisfy the qualifications for dark matter: low albedo with low visibility, gravitationally femtolensing, galactic negative viscosity, early galaxy formation seeds, and a self-interaction providing cosmic structure. The major arguments against their existence are the absence of metals (elements heavier than He) in ancient Population III stars, and the stringent requirements put on the Big Bang (BB) baryonic density by the BB nucleosynthesis (BBN) models. We argue that CI chondrites, hyperbolic comets, and carbon-enriched Pop III stars are all evidence for primordial comets. The BBN models provide the greater obstacle, but we argue that they crucially omit the magnetic field in their homogeneous, isotropic, “ideal baryon gas” model. Should large magnetic fields exist, not only would they undermine the 1-D models, but if their magnitude exceeds some critical field/density ratio, then the neutrino interacts with the fields, changing the equilibrium ratio of protons to neutrons. Since BBN models are strongly dependent on this ratio, magnetic fields have the potential to radically change the production of C, N, and O (CNO) to produce primordial comets. Then the universe from the earliest moments is not only seeded for galaxy formation, but it is seeded with the ingredients for life.
Information density can increase locally if one is careful to control
the flow of entropy. Not diffusively but through clever use of
"invariants of the flow". Replacing entropy with true invariants of the
flow, we show how information can be concentrated or "added" consistent
with the observation of increasing complexity on the Earth. Analogous to
a digital computer made of fluid components, the "calculation" proceeds
by clever manipulation of boundary conditions. Magnetized comets possess
exactly the properties needed to produce the simplest entropy invariant,
making them a prime candidate for driving evolution. They may also
provide the origin of the chirality or "handedness" of life. Thus the
Origin-of-life, evolutionary progress paradox can be solved, but at the
cost of requiring the universe to be in a highly information-dense
initial state.
The discovery of microfossils on carbonaceous meteorites has electrified
the public with the first concrete evidence of extraterrestrial biology.
But how these organisms colonized and grew on the parent body-the
comet-remains a mystery. We report on several features of cyanobacteria
that permit them to bioengineer comets, as well as a tantalizing look at
interplanetary uses for magnetite framboids that are found in abundance
on carbonaceous chondrites. We argue that these structures provide
important directionality and energy harvesting features similar to
magnetotactic bacteria found on Earth.
