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Did Earth seed life elsewhere in the Solar System?

Impacts on our planet could have sprayed life into space.

Earthly bacteria could have reached distant planets and moons after being flung into space by massive meteorite impacts, scientists suggest.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on March 17, 2006 05:22 PM |

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There is a real possibility for this. If Panspermia theory holds, Earth got the dosage of life from meteorite impacts. Similarly meteor impact on Earth would spray life to other celestial objects.

Posted by: Dr.A.Rajagopal Kamath, Popular Science Author in Malayalam | July 22, 2006 06:16 PM

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