许多研究显示,在类地球行星(比如火星)上可能存在著生命。火星曾经拥有过流动的河川,科学家在火星上发现峡谷之类的痕迹,这也在后来的火星探测得到确认。在2006年12月,马琳(Michael C. Malin)所属的研究机构发表了一篇科学期刊,说明火星探测器(漫游者)传回来的画面里证实了火星曾在这5年内有过河流。
当阿波罗12号把测量员3号登月太空船带回地球时,NASA的研究团队在登月太空船上发现一些活在摄影机中的链球菌。他们相信这些细菌是先前测量员3号进行登月行动时从地球带上去的[50]。然而取回测量员3号的研究员杰弗(Leonard D. Jaffe)却不这么认为。而NASA也在2007年开始相关调查,企图在测量员3号所传回的影像里寻找其他证据。
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Martins, Zita; Oliver Botta, Marilyn L. Fogel, Mark A. Sephton, Daniel P. Glavin, Jonathan S. Watson, Jason P. Dworkin, Alan W. Schwartz, and Pascale Ehrenfreund. Extraterrestrial nucleobases in the Murchison meteorite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2008-06-15, 270 (1-2): 130–136. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.03.026. 引文使用过时参数coauthors (帮助); 使用|accessdate=需要含有|url= (帮助)
The Carnegie Institution Geophysical Laboratory Seminar, "Analysis of evidence of Mars life" held 14 May 2007;
Summary of the lecture given by Gilbert V. Levin, Ph.D.
http://arxiv.org/abs/0705.3176 (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆), published by Electroneurobiología vol. 15 (2), pp. 39–47, 2007
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Janibacter hoylei sp. nov., Bacillus isronensis sp. nov. and Bacillus aryabhattai sp. nov., isolated from cryotubes used for collecting air from upper atmosphere. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2009. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/ijs.0.002527-0v1
http://www.panspermia.org/ (页面存档备份,存于互联网档案馆) — Modern panspermia advocates. This site claims cosmic ancestry; not only that life on Earth originated in space, but that life has existed since the beginning of time, as well as an alternative explanation of evolution.