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NASA scientist finds evidence of life outside earth
"In what's sure to rekindle the debate over the question of life beyond Earth, a scientist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center says he has fossil evidence of bacterial life inside of a rare class of meteorites .
Writing in the March edition of the Journal of Cosmology, Richard B. Hoover argues that an examination of a collection of 9 meteorites - called CI1 carbonaceous meteorites - contain "indigenous fossils" of bacterial life.
"The complex filaments found embedded in the CI1 carbonaceous meteorites represent the remains of indigenous microfossils of cyanobacteria," according to Hoover.
That matter-of-fact sentence also underscores the shout-out-loud implication that the detection of fossils of cyanobacteria in the CI1 meteorites raises the possibility of life on comets. And Hoover does not shy away from offering that very conclusion.
Skeptics will doubtless weigh in soon with questions. Still, Hoover's proposition may have stirred more controversy several years ago. More recently, though, some scientists have suggested that meteors and comets slamming into the Earth brought with them the very integuments of life, including water and a host of complex organic chemicals.
If he's right, Hoover may have evidence to support that theory. He argues that the complex filaments he found embedded in the meteors are micro-fossils of extraterrestrial life forms that existed on the meteorites a long time ago prior to the meteorites' entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
"This finding has direct implications to the distribution of life in the Cosmos and the possibility of microbial life on in liquid water regimes of cometary nuclei as the travel within the orbit of Mars and in icy moons with liquid water oceans such as Europa and Enceladus," he writes.
In an accompanying comment, Rudy Schild, the journal's editor-in-chief and a member of the Harvard-Smithsonian's Center for Astrophysics, announced that the publication has sent out a "general invitation" to more than 5000 scientists to review the paper.
"We believe the best way to advance science, is to promote debate and discussion," he wrote."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20039658-501465.html
So far Dr. Hoover's findings have yet to be validated by his peers. It will be interesting to see if this gets accepted or is dismissed as something else.
Re: NASA scientist finds evidence of life outside earth
So far, Dr. Hoover's findings have already been attacked!
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I haven't followed this story. Do we have links for the attacks against Hoover? I'm curious to see both sides of the story.
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that is my yesterdays lunch
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Re: NASA scientist finds evidence of life outside earth
I read a couple of articles debunking it, but I cannot remember where. I will look for them later.
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Re: NASA scientist finds evidence of life outside earth
I found a link to the official article on the Journal of Cosmology's website: http://journalofcosmology.com/Life100.html
Commentaries: http://journalofcosmology.com/Life101.html
Commentaries: http://journalofcosmology.com/Life101.html
Re: NASA scientist finds evidence of life outside earth
Thanks. I'll have a look at the arguments.
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I am blanking where I read the other stories.
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