panspermia

Worlds Without Suns: Nomad Planets Could Number In The Quadrillions

[/caption] The concept of nomad planets has been featured before here on Universe Today, and for good reason. Not only…

13 years ago

Rogue Planets Could Drive By And Scoop Up Life

[/caption] Free-floating "rogue" planets may occasionally dip into the inner Solar System, picking up dust containing organic compounds -- a.k.a.…

13 years ago

Earth Could Spread Life Across The Milky Way

[/caption] Most of us are familiar with the concept of panspermia - where living organisms can be "seeded" from comet…

13 years ago

Claim of Alien Life in Meteorites Needs Further Review

[/caption] A recent paper published by a NASA scientist claims the discovery evidence of fossil bacteria in a rare subclass…

14 years ago

Astronomy Without A Telescope – Necropanspermia

[/caption] The idea that a tiny organism could hitchhike aboard a mote of space dust and cross vast stretches of…

14 years ago