‘Highly Plausible’ Aliens on Europa Are Earthlings’ Descendants, Study Says
A new study suggests that bacteria from Earth may have reached Europa, Jupiter's ice moon, potentially leading to life there. The research explores the concept of panspermia, where life can travel between planets via dust particles. While the idea remains debated, the study posits that trillions of life-bearing particles could have landed on Europa over billions of years.
- ▪The study investigates the possibility of Earth bacteria reaching Europa's surface through dust particles.
- ▪Author Zaza Osmanov estimates that many trillions of life-bearing dust grains from Earth could have reached Europa over tens of millions of years.
- ▪Panspermia, the idea that life can travel between planets, remains a topic of heated academic debate.
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Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the stories this week that spread life across space, went stir crazy for science, held the colony together, and peacefully sat it out.First, what if we went all the way to Europa only to find that some earthly bacteria already set up shop there? Then: red rum on the Red Planet, the palace intrigue of tropical wasps, and an afterlife in full lotus.As always, for more of my work, check out my book First Contact: The Story of Our Obsession with Aliens, or subscribe to my personal newsletter the BeX Files. That’s one small step for a dust-borne bacterium…Osmanov, Zaza.
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