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171: The Science of Life from Alien Planets: Panspermia

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Where did life on Earth come from? Some famous scientists believed that aliens may have intentionally colonised Earth with microscopic life. It may sound crazy, but they might be more convincing than you think...

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References & Further Reading

Francis Crick
  1. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1962/crick/biographical/
  2. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-Crick
    3. Leslie Orgel
    1. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/us/05orgel.html
    Crick & Ogel’s Panspermia Paper
    1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0019103573901103
    Panspermia
    1. https://www.newscientist.com/definition/panspermia/
    2. https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/in-search-of-panspermia/
    3. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-origins-of-directed-panspermia/
    4. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/the-panspermia-paradox/
    5. https://astronomy.com/magazine/ask-astro/2017/10/meteorite-origins#:~:text=Famous%20astronomer%20Carl%20Sagan%20once,stellar%20systems%20is%20highly%20unlikely.
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