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Top stars picked in alien search

Found : Top stars picked in alien search A US astronomer has drawn up a shortlist of the stars most likely to harbour intelligent life. Scientists have been listening out for radio signals from other solar systems in the hope … Continue reading

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Astrobiology: The Living Universe

Found : Astrobiology: The Living Universe A theory called panspermia states that the Earth was "seeded" with life when celestial objects collided with the Earth. The term panspermia is Greek for ‘seeds everywhere’. While the idea of life on Earth … Continue reading

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"garbage theory" of the origin of life

Found : "garbage theory" of the origin of life Possibly the least appealing idea about how life began on Earth. Thomas Gold of Cornell University suggested1 that biological contaminants accidentally left behind by interstellar survey parties could introduce life to … Continue reading

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Are We All Aliens? The New Case for Panspermia

Found : Are We All Aliens? The New Case for Panspermia Somewhat lost in the current panspermia revival is the intriguing flip-side of the "ubiquitous life" idea: If life could have come here from somewhere, why couldn't an Earth rock … Continue reading

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