Did life begin in space?

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Recent probes inside comets show it is overwhelmingly likely that life began in space, according to a new research paper by Cardiff scientists.

 

Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and colleagues at the Cardiff Centre for Astrobiology have long argued the case for panspermia – the theory that life began inside comets and then spread to habitable planets across the galaxy. A recent BBC Horizon documentary traced the development of the theory.

 

Now the team claims that findings from space probes sent to investigate passing comets reveal how the first organisms could have started.

 

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Wow, what a great article!

They do kinda look like sperm. B)

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That could be it. But If the chances are that slim than maybe we ARE some of the only living organisms in space, which makes our chances for contacting an alien civilization even smaller than it ever was. (if there ever was any chance)

Or maybe life could happen in a multitude of ways, some created THESE life forms others create THESE life forms. (THESE being two different types of life)

Life human and most animal and plant life was created on earth then when the comet came that wiped out the dinosaurs new life could have been introduced onto our planet.

or vice versa.

 

-Theory

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That could be it. But If the chances are that slim than maybe we ARE some of the only living organisms in space, which makes our chances for contacting an alien civilization even smaller than it ever was. (if there ever was any chance)

 

I read it the opposite way.

Imagine all the comets flying around seeding planets left and right and the life within waiting to hit one with suitable conditions. While without the theory of the comet, the planet would need suitable conditions AND would have to create life.