Alien Rain Over India

tintinaujapon writes "The Observer is reporting that scientists may have found the first evidence of panspermia, the idea promoted by Hoyle (among others) that life on earth was seeded from space, in samples of a strange rain which fell over India for two months in 2001. To quote the article: "There is a small bottle containing a red fluid on a shelf in Sheffield University's microbiology laboratory. The liquid looks cloudy and uninteresting. Yet, if one group of scientists is correct, the phial contains the first samples of extraterrestrial life isolated by researchers."" This is a continuation of a story two months back or so.

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more likely, junk science

[rubycodez]

I'm amazed at the junk science out of india that gets quoted in mainstream news sources: solar panels that produce more electrical power per unit area than the sun shines on earth, motors 150% more efficient than existing ones, etc. So some red/brown rain fell (not an unusual event on this planet, actually), and some folks collected gunk out of street gutters and puddles, and they're saying it contains organic compounds. No shit! or more likely, much shit, and piss too (if you've been to average Indian city you know what I'm saying!