{"id":21940,"date":"2013-01-19T02:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T01:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rt.com\/news\/meteorite-life-report-mars-310\/"},"modified":"2013-01-19T02:04:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T01:04:00","slug":"rock-solid-proof-of-alien-life-scientists-claim-fossilized-algae-inside-meteorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/rock-solid-proof-of-alien-life-scientists-claim-fossilized-algae-inside-meteorite\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock solid proof of alien life? Scientists claim fossilized algae inside meteorite"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An example of a supposedly fossilized diatom (Image from www.journalofcosmology.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fossilized algae recently discovered inside a Sri Lankan meteorite could finally prove the existence of extra-terrestrial life, claim the authors of the new paper.<\/p>\n

\u00adIn a recently published article in the Journal of Cosmology titled \u201cFossil Diatoms in a New Carbonaceous Meteorite<\/a>\u201d, scientists from the UK and Sri Lanka claim to have found fossilized algae in a meteorite.<\/p>\n

The paper alleges that \u201cmicroscopic fossilized diatoms were found in the sample,\u201d<\/em> which fell in Sri Lanka in December last year. The finding, the work suggests is a \u201cstrong evidence to support the theory of cometary panspermia.\u201d<\/em> The theory argues that life across planets is spread by meteorites and asteroids. Panspermia suggests that life could have existed on another planet and moved to Earth.<\/p>\n

The scientists concluded the paper by saying \u201cthe presence of structures of this kind in any extra-terrestrial setting could be construed as unequivocal proof of biology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Samples from the rock were collected immediately after a large meteorite disintegrated and fell in the village of Araganwila in Sri Lanka on 29 December 2012.<\/p>\n

The scientific community, including Prof Francis Thackeray from the Institute of Human Evolution at Wits University welcomed the report as \u201cvery exciting\u201d<\/em> yet \u201cvery controversial\u201d<\/em>, as samples could have been contaminated on earth, Business Day reports.<\/p>\n

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Comparison of a Polonnaruwa meteorite structure with a well-known terrestrial diatom. (Image from www.journalofcosmology.com)<\/small><\/p>\n

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\"An<\/p>\n

An example of a supposedly fossilized diatom (Image from www.journalofcosmology.com)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Fossilized algae recently discovered inside a Sri Lankan meteorite could finally prove the existence of extra-terrestrial life, claim the authors of the new paper.<\/p>\n

­In a recently published article in the Journal of Cosmology titled “Fossil Diatoms in a New Carbonaceous Meteorite<\/a>”, scientists from the UK and Sri Lanka claim to have found fossilized algae in a meteorite.<\/p>\n

The paper alleges that “microscopic fossilized diatoms were found in the sample,”<\/em> which fell in Sri Lanka in December last year. The finding, the work suggests is a “strong evidence to support the theory of cometary panspermia.”<\/em> The theory argues that life across planets is spread by meteorites and asteroids.  Panspermia suggests that life could have existed on another planet and moved to Earth.<\/p>\n

The scientists concluded the paper by saying “the presence of structures of this kind in any extra-terrestrial setting could be construed as unequivocal proof of biology.”<\/p>\n

Samples from the rock were collected immediately after a large meteorite disintegrated and fell in the village of Araganwila in Sri Lanka on 29 December 2012.<\/p>\n

The scientific community, including Prof Francis Thackeray from the Institute of Human Evolution at Wits University welcomed the report as  “very exciting”<\/em> yet “very controversial”<\/em>, as samples could have been contaminated on earth, Business Day reports.<\/p>\n

\"Comparison
Comparison of a Polonnaruwa meteorite structure with a well-known terrestrial diatom. (Image from www.journalofcosmology.com)<\/small><\/p>\n

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(Image from www.journalofcosmology.com)<\/small><\/p>\n

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(Image from www.journalofcosmology.com)<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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