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Originally posted by woodwardjnr
Massively misleading title to this thread
unless i missed something?
British scientists, working with the European Space Agency, will this week launch a balloon carrying instruments to search the stratosphere for bacteria and other microorganisms. They believe there could be species capable of surviving in the high levels of radiation, extreme cold and near vacuum found on the edge of space. The organisms could be entirely new to science and may even have been brought here from outer space by hitching a ride on asteroids or comets.
If they succeed, it would be the first time alien life had been captured and would lend substantial weight to theories that all life on Earth was brought here from elsewhere in the galaxy.