Panspermia/a critique of Stardust Findings -Implications for Panspermia
(Review Paper) Cited in Panspermia/a critique of Stardust Findings -Implications for Panspermia
Microorganisms Potentially formed from Hot and Cold Stardust[edit | edit source]
If microorganisms are successful in surviving the extreme "mixing" process of early solar nebula and lands on earth, then life is already present in the material[1].
Methods[edit | edit source]
In January 2004 a spaceship called Stardust flew through a comet and collected cometary dust. [1].
Results[edit | edit source]
The cometary dust was analyzed and it was discovered that some of the dust such as Olivine, Calcium Aluminum Inclusions (CAIs), were formed at high temperatures (above 2000 K); and other dust particles, such as Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), were formed in low temperatures (below 40 K). This concludes that "mixing" may have occurred between the hottest and coldest regions of the solar nebula, which could have potentially created microorganisms. [1].
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Vaidya, P. (2009). Stardust Findings -Implications for Panspermia. Apeiron: Studies in Infinite Nature, 16(2), 225-228. Retrieved January 25, 2011, from http://library.mtroyal.ca:2058/ehost/detail?hid=105&sid=4e2b3c9f-81d2-4a33-9f1e-d6d09b319ef6@sessionmgr113&vid=3&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPWlwLHVybCxjb29raWUsdWlkJnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ==#db=a9h&AN=37808667