Scientists claim discovery of life coming to Earth from space
Scientists from the University of Sheffield believe they have found life arriving to Earth from space after sending a balloon 27km into the stratosphere.
After it landed, they discovered that they had captured a diatom fragment and some unusual biological entities from the stratosphere, all of which are too large to have come from Earth, the scientists suggest. The team was led by Professor (Hon. Cardiff and Buckingham Universities) Milton Wainwright, from the University’s Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology.
In a blog post on KurzweilAI, theoretical biologist Dr. Richard Gordon called these conclusions into question, noting that just one broken diatom shell was found (not statistically impressive), no controlled experiment was reported in a dusty environment, collection methods and lab conditions were unspecified, and the study failed to provide data on the condition of the balloon-borne equipment.
