Life Found Where You Least Expect It


	Life Found Where You Least Expect It

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5-22-2008 8:23 AM

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life, astrobiology, microbs

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5-22-2008 3:15 PM

marcelo7300

Excellent, deserves a pop

5-22-2008 5:12 PM

skwirlinator

One wonders if perhaps the inspection process seeded the life they find?

If bacteria can survive outer space then it is possible that life will be found on all the celestial bodies we search. Because we put it there.

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