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Bacteria Found On ISS May Be Alien In Origin, Says Cosmonaut (independent.co.uk)

Posted by BeauHD on from the out-of-this-world dept.

Kekke writes: Lots of buzz around this. Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov took routine samples from the outside of the International Space Station during a spacewalk. These samples were analyzed and found to contain bacteria that must have come from somewhere other than Earth or the ISS itself. "Bacteria that had not been there during the launch of the ISS module were found on the swabs," Mr. Shkaplerov told TASS Russian News Agency. "So they have flown from somewhere in space and settled on the outside hull." He made it clear that "it seems, there is no danger," and that scientists are doing more work to find out what they are. The Independent writes, "Finding bacteria that came from somewhere other than Earth would be one of the biggest breakthroughs in the history of science -- but much more must be done before such a claim is made."

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  1. pbbbt by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    dsfadsfdsaf

  2. Re: Wrong conclusion? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It was me, ok? I jerked off on the ISS. Are you happy now???

  3. How fast is the ISS going? by Tinsoldier314 · · Score: 5, Funny

    After all this time, the extraterrestrial life that we found ended up being a proverbial bug on the windshield of the ISS?

    1. Re:How fast is the ISS going? by thegarbz · · Score: 5, Funny

      They came to great us and we splattered them. Remember this date. The first strike in the war with the aliens was from us. #ashamedtobehuman #buglivesmatter

  4. I tole you! by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    What'd I tell you? I said aliens coming. I tole you and you didn't listen.

    They're our space brothers coming to protect the President from all the haters and libs. Oh, it's happening, now. Bet on it. Check fucking mate.

    --
    You are welcome on my lawn.
  5. More Russian Fake News by Harold+Halloway · · Score: 4, Funny

    This 'bacteria' will be analysed and found to be a mixture of borscht and jizz.

  6. Re:Perhaps it's just radically mutated Earth bacte by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    The bacteria is not alien, it comes from north Korean missile launches.
    Now you may argue that there is little difference between alien and north Korean, but north Korea is still on Earth.