Panspermia theory far more likely than anticipated

[Garuda]

A new article in National Geographic suggests that the chance that life is transported through space in meteorites is far greater than previously anticipated.


Did Slow Space Rocks Seed Life on Earth?
New model yields better odds for transfer of organisms among planetary systems.

If microorganisms could survive a journey through space inside meteoroids, could life from Earth be transferred to planets in other solar systems—or even vice versa? A new study suggests the possibility is much higher than scientists once thought.

Using computer simulations involving slow-moving rocks, scientists from Princeton University, the University of Arizona, and the Centro de AstrobiologÃ*a (CAB) in Spain concluded that Earth could have exchanged rocks trillions of times with planets from other planetary systems during the solar system's infancy.

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Full article at: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/09/120928-life-meteors-earth-slow-astrobiology-science/?source=link_gp20121001news-spacerocklife&utm_source=GooglePlus&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_gp20121001news-spacerocklife&utm_campaign=Content

[majicbar]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panspermia

This is a much fuller hypothesis than just "Transpermia" from which it has evolved. It will be interesting to see if the life found on Mars, and it will be, is any different in it's DNA than that found on the Earth. If the origin of DNA is in the clouds that form after Nova and Supernova that will be different in all likelihood with unique fingerprints of code than what we find on Earth. But if that is the source for life on Mars, it still might be different enough from that on the Earth to see in the DNA. We do have indications in the "Starchild skull" of alien DNA, and if that holds up it too may be a sign of Panspermia.

[Flying Tiger Comics]

To me, THIS sort of information is far more likely to form the basis for "Disclosure" than the fantastickal tales of aliens and spaceships. The perhaps already known revelations about Martian life and Distant Origins would be shattering information if revealed all at once.