Algae-like structures inside a Sri Lankan meteorite are clear evidence of panspermia, the idea that life exists throughout the Universe, say astrobiologists
I always try to remember that most new studies are later found out to be wrong. Still, interesting stuff.
edit: This is the problem with this: https://plus.google.com/117177689300294532641/posts/dGejdWw9xJw
Looks like this research has some issues. Like I just said always try to remember that most new studies are later found out to be wrong. Thanks to Marko Bosscher in the comments for pointing out some discussion about why this is likely bunk.
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Algae-like structures inside a Sri Lankan meteorite are clear evidence of panspermia, the idea that life exists throughout the Universe, say astrobiologists
Originally posted on Google+ · March 11, 2013
Bad research, aimed at reinforcing the claims of the same group of "researchers" that have been claiming this for decades.
There was an earlier discussion of this in januari:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/114601143134471609087/posts/1pHnpDYRWhz
Good find.
As soon as I read Sri Lanka and panspermia the memory of this discussion was triggered, because I'd been really excited at the time (and then really disappointed)..