This statement might sound like a line from a sci-fi movie, but what if life on Earth didn’t start here at all? For decades, ...

A new study used mathematical formulas and demonstrated that it’s highly unlikely life began on Earth. Instead, the researcher points to panspermia, a theory that life or the ingredients for life came ...

We often wonder whether there are aliens on other planets but what if we ourselves are aliens on the planet we call home? Panspermia, the “controversial” theory that life “began elsewhere in space” ...

The panspermia theory suggests microscopic life could travel through space on asteroids, with bacteria surviving up to eight ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This article is more than 5 years old. "Lithopanspermia" ...

Researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics recently released a study claiming that panspermia, an astronomical theory that life is exchanged between planets within solar systems, ...

EARTH has already been invaded — by us. That’s the theory. Aussie astronomers have questioned if life has crossed the interstellar void. Monash University’s Professor John Lattanzio has told the ...

Japanese scientists found organic matter on a distant asteroid, supporting theories like panspermia that life’s building ...

Scientists have long debated the possibility of that the microbial seeds of life did not originate on Earth, but were perhaps delivered here from an alien source, encased in comets or meteorites from ...

The panspermia hypothesis posits that life on Earth originated from extraterrestrial "seeds" of life. Proposed mechanisms for the transport of these life "seeds" include meteorites, comets, and ...