Though it may be hard to swallow, Hoover is convinced that his findings reveal fossil evidence of bacterial life within such meteorites, the remains of living organisms from their parent bodies -- comets, moons and other astral bodies. By extension, the findings suggest we are not alone in the universe, he said.
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In what he calls a very simple process, Dr. Hoover fractured the meteorite stones under a sterile environment before examining the freshly broken surface with the standard tools of the scientist: a scanning-electron microscope and a field emission electron-scanning microscope, which allowed him to search the stones surface for evidence of fossilized remains.
He found the fossilized remains of micro-organisms not so different from ordinary ones found underfoot -- here on earth, that is.
The exciting thing is that they are in many cases recognizable and can be associated very closely with the generic species here on earth, Hoover told FoxNews.com. But not all of them. There are some that are just very strange and dont look like anything that Ive been able to identify, and Ive shown them to many other experts that have also come up stumped. Click for Full Text!
Poster Comment:
This is the second time they have found "alien life" fossils in a meteorite. The first time was refuted by other scientists.