This experiment attempted to recreate the primordial soup theory. Jupiter's atmosphere was used as the model for the early Earth
atmosphere. In an interview, Miller stated: "Just turning on the spark in a basic pre-biotic experiment will yield 11 out of 20 amino acids." Miller successfully created amino acids, the building blocks of life.
Scientists concluded that the early Earth’s atmosphere was in fact not like Jupiter. There is abundant evidence of major volcanic eruptions 4 billion years ago, which would have released carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen (N2), hydrogen sulphide (H2S), and sulphur dioxide (SO2) into the atmosphere. This is not conducive to forming amino acids. Latest research shows that oxygen was indeed present, which would prohibit and destroy the desired outcomes.
As observed in all subsequent experiments, both left-handed (L) and right-handed (D) optical isomers of amino acids were created in a racemic mixture. This would prevent the amino acids from building DNA or RNA because DNA and RNA needs either the (L) form or the (R) form , not both. Other toxic chemicals were formed including tars, abundantly, which Miller had to separate from the amino acids before they were destroyed.
This experiment has been repeated many times through the years, with ingenious methods of increasing the yields and extracting the desired amino acids. Proving that intelligence, not random effects, is essential. Even though it has the support of most evolutionists, it can at best result in a “possible” outcome for production of amino acids in a highly controlled and contrived test tube scenario.
Time Magazine made front cover with this story. Scientists have created life, or nearly. No retractions were made