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scientists find proof of life in outer space. evolution to be rewritten!!!

Banjo String

Possibly.

Scientists believe they have found the first evidence of life arriving to Earth from space, which could "completely change our view of biology and evolution".The team, from the University of Sheffield, made the discovery after sending a balloon high into the stratosphere.On its return they found organisms that were too large to have originated from Earth.Professor Milton Wainwright, who led the team, said the results could be revolutionary.

The balloon was launched near Chester and carried microscope studs which were only exposed to the atmosphere when it reached heights of between 22 and 27km from the planet.It later landed safely and intact near Wakefield when scientists discovered they had captured a fragment of biological material, which were unusual due to their size.If life does continue to arrive from space then we have to completely change our view of biology and evolution.In the absence of a mechanism by which large particles like these can be transported to the stratosphere, we can only conclude that the biological entities originated from space.Our conclusion then is that life is continually arriving to Earth from space, life is not restricted to this planet and it almost certainly did not originate here.

http://www.itv.com/news/2013-09-19/evidence-of-life-arriving-from-space-could-revolutionise-biology-and-evolution/

TLDR?

Scientists send balloon up into atmosphere, balloon arrives back with 'life particles' too big to have gotten there from earth, so they reckon it's more than probably came from space, and probably was the first life particles to ever arrive on our planet.

Essentially making us all space children.

It's almost a statistic certainty that we're not alone in the universe. But did we evolve from these particles?

Thoughts.

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TeddyTedson

Sensationalist! :mad:

Micky Dolenz

"The team, from the University of Sheffield"

Heh.

Mariasofia

I always thought I was out of this world.....nothing new here!

Happyman42

They probably came from the gob of the Sheffield wan that blew the balloon up (and from whatever else they blew)

wazky

Marty Morrissey's ancestors?

TeddyTedson

Just as well I suppose. 20 years from now and people would be asking where were you when you first learned we weren't alone in the universe I'd have to answer, "Playing GTA V having sex with some hooker I met at the strippers and browsing boards.ie with my laptop on my own just wearing a vest

" I'd have to lie and say I was reading the news or something :rolleyes:

Wattle

I always suspected that I was made of stardust.

bizmark

The important thing though teddy is did you beat her to death after to get your money back ?

Gummy Panda

bizmark wrote: »

The important thing though teddy is did you beat her to death after to get your money back ?

He took her earphones out first

Banjo String

Told you so.

Savoir.Faire

The particles came from Uranus.

Sh1tbag OToole

Savoir.Faire wrote: »

The particles came from Uranus.

I, for one welcome our new sh1t-based overlords.

greedygoblin

I've checked out the journal (Journal of Cosmology) that paper appeared in and it's been involved in some controversy in the past. Stuff like the peer review process not being that stringent. Though, having said that, Sir Roger Penrose is a guest editor there which is as big a name as one can get in the field of cosmology.

Banjo String

greedygoblin wrote: »

I've checked out the journal (Journal of Cosmology) that paper appeared in and it's been involved in some controversy in the past. Stuff like the peer review process not being that stringent. Though, having said that, Sir Roger Penrose is a guest editor there which is as big a name as one can get in the field of cosmology.

It's gotten good enough publicity tbh.

Could be the start of something big.

Too Tough To Die

Better call the Ghostbusters.

paddy147

This is how we really evolved folks.

General General

greedygoblin wrote: »

I've checked out the journal (Journal of Cosmology) that paper appeared in and it's been involved in some controversy in the past. Stuff like the peer review process not being that stringent. Though, having said that, Sir Roger Penrose is a guest editor there which is as big a name as one can get in the field of cosmology.

Several Russians & Indians have much bigger names in terms of number of letters.

LordSutch

Banjo String wrote: »

Scientists send balloon up into atmosphere, balloon arrives back with 'life particles' too big to have gotten there from earth, so they reckon it's more than probably came from space, and probably was the first life particles to ever arrive on our planet.

This needs to be checked, an double checked before people get too carried away, but if its proved true then everything we know about the genesis of life on earth is up for a big rethink. Wow!

hansfrei

The high life in Sheffield.

Mickeroo

One of them sneezed on it before launch and it's all spiralled out of control. They'll come clean eventually, most likely directly followed by the theme music from Curb Your Enthusiasm.

General General

LordSutch wrote: »

This needs to be checked, an double checked before people get too carried away, but if its proved true then everything we know about the genesis of life on earth is up for a big rethink. Wow!

Roman Catholic Church are thrilled, claim proof of God's existence as this is the evidence of the sneezes mentioned during days 3, 5 & 6 of creation in the book of Genesis in the Old Testesmeant.

Yes. I meant to spell it like that.

downonthefarm

if only patrick moore was still alive....

greedygoblin

I'm still pessimistic about it. I read somewhere that extreme events (like major volcanic eruptions) are capable of transporting biological material that high into the atmosphere. Now the people involved in this have said that such a major eruption has not occurred in the last three years, thereby excluding this. They've also made the giant leap in stating that there is no other known natural process that can transport those organisms that far up, so they must have originated from space! Which in my view is like believing in the existence of little green men or the man on the moon...

fryup

wazky wrote: »

Marty Morrissey's ancestors?

ah poor marty

will ya leave him alone,

Happyman42

fryup wrote: »

ah poor marty

will ya leave him alone,

He looks like he can't leave himself alone, nights.

StewartGriffin

All atoms in our body are created from an inter-stellar source - i.e. outer space. That is not news.

Whether life began on a barely recognizable Earth some millions of years ago as the planet gradually cooled off, or came from an interstellar source isn't really that big a deal.

However the possibility that fully formed organisms are raining into us from space is a big deal, but very, very hard to believe.

I expect this will be disproved - but I hope it's not.

hansfrei

StewartGriffin wrote: »

All atoms in our body are created from an inter-stellar source - i.e. outer space. That is not news.

Whether life began on a barely recognizable Earth some millions of years ago as the planet gradually cooled off, or came from an interstellar source isn't really that big a deal.

However the possibility that fully formed organisms are raining into us from space is a big deal, but very, very hard to believe.

I expect this will be disproved - but I hope it's not.

And heres me thinking they'd die in the cold vacuum of space or be burned up on entry through an atmosphere.

Life particles several million, billion, zillion, trillion, gilian years old.

S

TeddyTedson

bizmark wrote: »

The important thing though teddy is did you beat her to death after to get your money back ?

No way, I plan on meeting her again for some hot coffee

Gummy Panda wrote: »

He took her earphones out first

Something else popped out this time! :eek:

AtomicHorror

hansfrei wrote: »

And heres me thinking they'd die in the cold vacuum of space or be burned up on entry through an atmosphere.

Not necessarily. Quite a few microbial species can survive vacuum. Re-entry sounds a bit trickier, but we know humans can survive that with adequate protection, so under the right (rare) circumstances, we should expect that microbes can survive re-entry too. The only real unknown is the prevalence of microbes outside of Earth- that has never been conclusively demonstrated.

Bit sceptical of this research though, all sounds very early and sketchy.

StewartGriffin

It is unlikely to be true.

But don't forget we live in a world where a lot of people believe in a man in the sky called God who will bring us all to happy ever after when we die cos who sent his ONLY son down to clear us of sin and he did and now we can all go back to heaven and we remember this every Sunday by eating a bit of wafer.

I vote for the space microbes.