This article describes how a well respected astrobiologist, Richard Hoover, believes he found signs of extraterrestrial life within the remnants of a meteorite. He claimed that these signs appeared to be fossils of life form that were bacteria. If his claims were correct it would bring to the front the possibility of other terrestrial life elsewhere and also on the origins of terrestrial life. However, there is much debate and skepticism associated with this finding. Many claim that these findings are not accurate and do not prove that bacteria was found or even if there is such life form that can be found elsewhere. These skeptics also claim that much more evidence needs to be presented.
Revkin, Andrew C. "NASA Scientist Sees Signs of Life in Meteorites." The New York Times. 6 March 2011. Web. <http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/05/nasa-scientist-sees-signs-of-life-in-meteorites/?ref=earthplanet>
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