A NASA says astrobiologist have found evidence of existence of life outside Earth after finding fossil evidence of bacteria in a rare class of meteorites, published the scientific journal Journal of Cosmology .
Dr. Richard B. Hoover, Marshall Space Center of the U.S. space agency (NASA), said he interpreted this finding as "a sign that life is more widely distributed and can not be restricted to the Earth."
In comments reported by FoxNews Channel, Hoover said, "This is a barely explored field of study because, frankly, many great scientists would say it's impossible."
NASA scientist drew these conclusions after studying more than a decade of extremely rare type of meteorites, the CI1, in remote areas like Antarctica, Siberia and Alaska, of which there are only nine in the Earth.
Hoover's article explains the findings of fossil evidence of bacteria similar to those known on Earth, but also traces of unknown microorganisms in these meteorites.
"The exciting thing is" that in many cases are recognizable and can be related to generic species already known, but some are really strange and not look like anything that can identify, "he said. Hoover
these rare specimens indicated that they have been taught to other experts and "also have been puzzled."
In anticipation of the controversy that may generate this discovery, Dr. Rudy Schild of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and editor of the Journal of Cosmology , invited members of the scientific community to comment on the article by Hoover.
"Given the controversial nature of discovery, we invited 100 experts and launched an additional invitation to more than 5 thousand scientists to review the article and offer their critical analysis," he wrote on page Schild Magazine Web cosmology.
Schild stated that the intention of the magazine is adding to the Hoover article comments submitted by other scientists, both pro and con. According
Journal of Cosmology, "the careful analysis of Dr. Hoover provide definitive evidence of ancient microbial life in astral bodies, some of which may predate the origin of the Earth and solar system."
Hoover was aware of the controversy and skepticism that can generate a discovery of this magnitude.
"Sometimes it takes a long time before scientists change their way of thinking about what is true and what is not. I'm sure there will be many scientists who were skeptical, "he added.
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