One argument against the comet theory is that a comet would have left a large hole in the Earth's surface.

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Nanodiamonds are produced under only a very high temperature and high pressure event, such as a comet striking Earth.

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In that event,astronomers were able to observe the icy comet long before it struck the solar system's biggest planet.

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Scientists at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,Maryland, found the substance glycine in material brought back to Earth from a comet.

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But the object that struck Jupiter in July is estimated to have been much smaller and harder to see than comet Shoemaker-Levy.

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Stardust passed through a cloud of material surrounding comet Wild Two in January of two thousand four.

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Since then, scientists around the world have been working to identify substances gathered from Comet Wild-Two.

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A comet is a huge ball of frozen gas and dust that often releases a long trail of material as it nears the sun.

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A specially designed collector gathered dust particles from the comet and stored them on the spacecraft.

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On February fourteenth, Stardust will approach to within two hundred kilometers of comet Temple 1.

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But it is the first time an amino acid has been discovered on a comet.

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She said the discovery "supports the theory that some of life's ingredients formed in space and were delivered to Earth long ago by meteorite and comet impacts."

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But scientists think it was either a comet or rock from space.

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Comet Shoemaker-Levy Nine broke up and struck Jupiter.

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Many scientists dismiss the comet theory.

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