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Scientists Offer 'Overwhelming' Evidence Terran Life Began in Space
An anonymous reader writes "Using data from recent comet-probing space missions, British scientists are reporting today that the odds of life starting on Earth rather than inside a comet are one trillion trillion (10 to the power of 24) to one against. That is, we're not originally from around here. Radiation in comets could keep water in liquid form for millions of years, they say, which along with the clay and organic molecules found on-board would provide an ideal incubator. 'Professor Wickramasinghe said: "The findings of the comet missions, which surprised many, strengthen the argument for panspermia. We now have a mechanism for how it could have happened. All the necessary elements - clay, organic molecules and water - are there. The longer time scale and the greater mass of comets make it overwhelmingly more likely that life began in space than on earth."'" jamie points out that the author of this paper has many 'fringe' theories. Your mileage may vary.
I couldn't help noticing the following parallel:
Theory of the Article: We developed inside a radioactive ball of clay, water and organic molecules and were stuck there for millions of years until we crashed into the earth, after which we developed into terrestrial creatures.
Psalm 40:1-2: "I waited patiently for the LORD, and He turned to me and heard my cry, and He brought me up out of a tumultuous pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings."