Martian bugs found on meteorite

[mattheman]

The fossilised remains of Martian bugs have been discovered on a meteorite that crashed into the Antarctic 13,000 years ago.

The rock - named name Allen Hills 84001 - sparked a huge debate when it was found in 1996 and both Nasa and U.S. President Bill Clinton announced the possible discovery of life from Mars.
It was initially thought that the fossils were bacteria from Earth that contaminated the meteorite while it lay in the frozen wasteland.

But according to a leaked report from Nasa, scientists now believe the fossilised remains originated on Mars.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...ded-Earth-13-000-years-ago.html#ixzz0XychKDTW

so now we have some form of life out there.

 

[tres]

"leaked report" + "daily mail" = fail

 

[fornowagain]

Telegraph > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/...from-Mars-found-inside-ancient-meteorite.html

Nasa is expected to announce the findings, from its Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas, later this week.

Only took 13 years, more detail >

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0911/24marslife/
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/users/jkirschvink/kirschvink.html

 

[doodah]

Deception Point? lol

 

[Pixel]

"leaked report" + "daily mail" = fail

The source is NASA.

 

[Xordium]

Well there you go you was right all along ...

 

[Stan_Lite]

Deception Point? lol

First thing that jumped into my head

 

[Cosimo]

Haha, thirteen years ago:

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/marslife.html

So what's new.

 

[Fenris]

Yay for fossilised micro organisms!

The phrase "is expected to announce the findings" means we do not yet know. Don't take it as fact until then.

 

[Cosimo]

.... and here it is:

http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/alh.html

 

[Glaucus]

isn't there big debate as to whether these grain type things occur naturally.

 

[valve90210]

First thing that jumped into my head

Same here....was a good book,

Wonder if this announcement will be as exciting....I doubt it somehow!!

 

[clv101]

isn't there big debate as to whether these grain type things occur naturally.

Occur naturally? Don't micro organisms and indeed humans occur naturally?

 

[Glaucus]

Occur naturally? Don't micro organisms and indeed humans occur naturally?

You know what I mean, though geological process rather than life.

 

[Combat squirrel]

This is surely an old report, been discussed many times

 

[Grimley]

I can only say one thing about this....

"Man is the warmest place for a Martian bug to hide..."

 

[SlyReaper]

Forgive my ignorance, but how does a Martian rock find its way to Antarctica? By which I mean, how does it get free of the Martian surface?

 

[Tefal]

This is surely an old report, been discussed many times

new electron microscope technology has apparently shown them in greater detail/shown they aren't containments or something.

 

[Pixel]

Forgive my ignorance, but how does a Martian rock find its way to Antarctica? By which I mean, how does it get free of the Martian surface?

Asteroid hits Mars
Debris from Mars gets kicked up out of it's atmosphere into space
Debris finds it's way to Earth.

I think. Hasn't happened in a while anyway.

 

[robgmun]

This is surely an old report, been discussed many times

Yes, i thought this was debunked almost a decade ago?? Why is it being reported again?