Alien Life On Philae Comet, Scientists Say

Sky News ^ | July 6, 2015

[2ndDivisionVet]

Experts discover dark material is being constantly replenished and say: "Something must be doing that at a fairly prolific rate."

Evidence of alien life is "unequivocal" on the comet carrying the Philae probe through space, two leading astronomers have said.

The experts say the most likely explanation for certain features of the 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet, such as its organic-rich black crust, is the presence of living organisms beneath an icy surface.

Rosetta, the European spacecraft orbiting the comet, is also said to have picked up strange "clusters" of organic material that resemble viral particles.

But neither Rosetta nor its lander probe, Philae, are equipped to search for direct evidence of life after a proposal to include this in the mission was allegedly dismissed.

Astronomer and astrobiologist Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe, who was involved in planning for the mission 15 years ago, said: "I wanted to include a very inexpensive life-detection experiment. At the time it was thought this was a bizarre proposition."(continued)

[MUDDOG]

It is comet microbes all the way down ...

Plus some Marvel super-villains that got hit by a shrink ray..

[rlmorel]

LOL, good distinction!

[rlmorel]

I simply think the odds are for it, but...this declaration is silly to me.

I agree with you.

[jpsb]

"have picked up strange "clusters" of organic material that resemble viral particles."

A virus requires a host, so without a host a virus can not reproduce. This article is BS as written.

[MeshugeMikey]

MY MOST PRESSING Relevant question is will there be life AFTER Obama??

[TangibleDisgust]

Evidence of alien life is "unequivocal" on the comet carrying the Philae probe through space, two leading astronomers have said.

utter nonsense.

[TangibleDisgust]

“odds” don’t factor into the equation.

since we have no proof nor experiment that shows that life can spring (or ever has sprung) spontaneously from a random mixtures of chemicals, the appeal to any laws of probabilities is mistaken.

any scientist who builds their theory of extraterrestrial life on this shaky foundation is not a real scientist. they are indulging in speculation and wishful thinking.

[GingisK]

They should bring some back on the outside chance that it eats stupid people.

[rlmorel]

Whatever.

[Tucker39]

Alien Life On Philae Comet, Scientists Say.

Big deal. We have between 11 and 20 million alien life forms swarming over our Country in plain view!

[Rodamala]

BTW if I’m not mistaken Chandra Wickramasinghe has a history of presenting unsubstantiated theories.

[meadsjn]

Oh heck, there’s plenty of alien life right here on planet Earth.

[free_life]

I think it is Jesus just messing with their puny little brains.

[Swordmaker]

Electric Universe Theories may have another explanation as to what may cause the organic-rich black crust materials on the surface of the 67/P Comet. . .

Comet 67/P and Rosetta

If you want on or off the Electric Universe Ping List, Freepmail me.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for the pings, I’ll ping at least one list a little later today.

[rikkir]

OMG. If they found oil on a comet, the left would go into full on nuclear meltdown.

[a fool in paradise]

B.O. and A.O.???

[antidisestablishment]

Ridiculous! These folks call themselves scientists?

Everyone knows that in order to be unequivocal, claims must first be subject to rigorous consensus.

[trebb]

So in their evidence free opinions there is life despite the fact that they can’t prove it.

Looks like the "Ancient Aliens" show will be making room for "Interstellar Comet Populace" folks.....

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Army Air Corps and Swordmaker.

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