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Scientists already know that the atoms in our bodies originate from stellar explosions that happened millions, even billions of years ago. But could we also owe our lives to a kind of alien invasion? Scientists at the University of Kent in England have discovered that bacteria could travel through interplanetary space and survive a crash landing on a planet. Meteorites from a planet like, say, Mars could have carried primitive forms of life directly to the Earth?s surface
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Scientists already know that the atoms in our bodies originate from stellar explosions that happened millions, even billions of years ago. But could we also owe our lives to a kind of alien invasion? Scientists at the University of Kent in England have discovered that bacteria could travel through interplanetary space and survive a crash landing on a planet. Meteorites from a planet like, say, Mars could have carried primitive forms of life directly to the Earth?s surface
Emon Hassan
Posted on March 17, 2006 at 07:51 AM | Permalink
Review of Spores from Space
A food-for-thought piece that poses the question, "Could our ancestors be microbes from space?" Couple of arguments follow based on findings from Scientific researches. Don't expect a Cliffs Note answer to the question from the piece, but expect to look at bacteria anew.