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Bacteria @ 41km

Posted by Hemos on from the finding-the-new-life dept.

Makarand writes " According to this article in The Times of India, air samples collected using balloon-borne cryosamplers at altitudes of around 25 miles contained bacteria that are believed extra terrestrial. This was revealed recently by legendary Indian astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar, who supervised the experiments last year. The article throws light on the brilliant Indian efforts to find if there is anyone out there. Here is an older article announcing the launch of this project. "

3 of 52 comments (clear)

  1. What? by FoxIVX · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bactera? Isn't that a car by Nissan?

    1. Re:What? by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

      Bactera? Isn't that a car by Nissan?

      Don't know, we'll have to take samples using a Ford Probe to find out.

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  2. Let me get this straight... by BigChigger · · Score: 4, Funny

    These bacteria are 41km from Earth, a bazillion light years from somewhere else, thus, they are from somewhere else.

    good logic.

    BC