From RT, an article claiming alleged proof of extraterrestrial biology found in a recovered meteorite…
http://rt.com/news/meteorite-life-report-mars-310/
Rock solid proof of extra-terrestrial life? Scientists find fossilized algae inside meteorite
An example of a supposedly fossilized diatom (Image from www.journalofcosmology.com)
Fossilized algae recently discovered inside a Sri Lankan meteorite could finally prove the existence of extra-terrestrial life, claim the authors of the new paper.
In a recently published article in the Journal of Cosmology titled “Fossil Diatoms in a New Carbonaceous Meteorite”, scientists from the UK and Sri Lanka claim to have found fossilized algae in a meteorite.
The paper alleges that “microscopic fossilized diatoms were found in the sample,” which fell in Sri Lanka in December last year. The finding, the work suggests is a “strong evidence to support the theory of cometary panspermia.” The theory argues that life across planets is spread by meteorites and asteroids. Panspermia suggests that life could have existed on another planet and moved to Earth.
The scientists concluded the paper by saying “the presence of structures of this kind in any extra-terrestrial setting could be construed as unequivocal proof of biology.”
Samples from the rock were collected immediately after a large meteorite disintegrated and fell in the village of Araganwila in Sri Lanka on 29 December 2012.
The scientific community, including Prof Francis Thackeray from the Institute of Human Evolution at Wits University welcomed the report as “very exciting” yet “very controversial”, as samples could have been contaminated on earth, Business Day reports.
Comparison of a Polonnaruwa meteorite structure with a well-known terrestrial diatom. (Image from www.journalofcosmology.com)
(Image from www.journalofcosmology.com)
(Image from www.journalofcosmology.com)
AWD says:
Diatoms are fascinating. Not exactly dangerous. If they are encased in a meteor, intact, means they survived some sort of catastrophe.
It is my understanding that diatoms need water, however, to survive. The implications, once again, of diatoms in a meteors means water exists elsewhere.
Fascinating to think about.
I think they were sent by higher beings, like these engineers:
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19th January 2013 at 10:26 am
KaD says:
I have no doubt there is life out there somewhere. Take a look at the world around you and think; do you really think WE are the best God can do? Plus it’s mathematically impossible for there to not be intelligent life out there somewhere. They’ve obviously seen our TV and radio broadcasts and decided to give the Universe’s insane asylum a wide berth.
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19th January 2013 at 11:16 am
ecliptix543 says:
I have come to follow the “Zoo Hypothesis” as related to other intelligent life. Our planet is a zoo; a galactic wildlife containment zone wherein we humans are merely the most active current exhibit. One of these days, the aliens will go through a round of budget cuts and we’ll all be put down in favor of a less complicated and less energy-intensive attraction.
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19th January 2013 at 1:46 pm
Eddie says:
The truth is out there.
I want to believe.
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19th January 2013 at 2:24 pm
Connovar says:
I have no doubt that alien life exists. It is making sure that we don’t find them!
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19th January 2013 at 2:35 pm
KaD says:
When I first saw this headline I thought-they’re already here. And getting amnesty.
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19th January 2013 at 4:20 pm
Hollow man says:
See people of wal mart.
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19th January 2013 at 10:54 pm