NASA scientist finds "evidence of alien life"

That astonishingly awesome claim comes from Dr. Richard B. Hoover, an astrobiologist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, who says he has found conclusive evidence of alien life — fossils of bacteria found in an extremely rare class of meteorite called CI1 carbonaceous chondrites. (There are only nine such meteorites on planet Earth.) Hoover’s findings were published late Friday night in the Journal of Cosmology, a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

“I interpret it as indicating that life is more broadly distributed than restricted strictly to the planet earth,” Hoover, who has spent more than 10 years studying meteorites around the world, told FoxNews.com in an interview. “This field of study has just barely been touched — because quite frankly, a great many scientist would say that this is impossible.”

 

Update: While the Journal of Cosmology says that “no other paper in the history of science has undergone such a thorough vetting,” some highly respected names in the scientific community are challenging the validity of Cosmology, and the findings of Dr. Hoover.

“[The Journal of Cosmology] isn’t a real science journal at all,” says PZ Meyers in Science Blogs, “but is the ginned-up website of a small group of crank academics obsessed with the idea of Hoyle and Wickramasinghe that life originated in outer space and simply rained down on Earth.”

So there you have it — this is either reality-altering news, or the work of kooks. Our hearts believe, but our brains are kind of bummed. 

Oh, good. I thought he found all my vomit covered on those smashed Lunar rovers.

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So there you have it — this is either reality-altering news, or the work of kooks.

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Update: While the Journal of Cosmology says that “no other paper in the history of science has undergone such a thorough vetting,” some highly respected names in the scientific community are challenging the validity of Cosmology, and the findings of Dr. Hoover.

“[The Journal of Cosmology] isn’t a real science journal at all,” says PZ Meyers in Science Blogs, “but is the ginned-up website of a small group of crank academics obsessed with the idea of Hoyle and Wickramasinghe that life originated in outer space and simply rained down on Earth.”

So there you have it — this is either reality-altering news, or the work of kooks. Our hearts believe, but our brains are kind of bummed. 

 /BuzzKillington  "

When the Journal of Cosmology makes contact with the Asari, then I'll actually be interested.

Yeah, I took an astrobiology class, and while this was certainly a theory we discussed, it didn't seem like the best. Really though, I'm just skeptical of anything called 'conclusive evidence' that's based on a single finding. I'd love for someone to find a real answer to the question though, unlikely as that is.
 
Also, if Fox News deigned to interview the guy, you can bet he's not the most reliable scientist.

Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where, they, are.     

"if Fox News deigned to interview the guy, you can bet he's not the most reliable scientist. "

" @wrathofconn said:

"if Fox News deigned to interview the guy, you can bet he's not the most reliable scientist. "

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Update: While the Journal of Cosmology says that “no other paper in the history of science has undergone such a thorough vetting,” some highly respected names in the scientific community are challenging the validity of Cosmology, and the findings of Dr. Hoover.

“[The Journal of Cosmology] isn’t a real science journal at all,” says PZ Meyers in Science Blogs, “but is the ginned-up website of a small group of crank academics obsessed with the idea of Hoyle and Wickramasinghe that life originated in outer space and simply rained down on Earth.”

So there you have it — this is either reality-altering news, or the work of kooks. Our hearts believe, but our brains are kind of bummed. 

 /BuzzKillington  "

Bacteria again? It's always goddamned bacteria.

" Bacteria again? It's always goddamned bacteria. "

" @Jeust: You raise a good point. I still want to see alien spaceships with FTL travel, though, not bacteria. What good does knowing alien life is out there do us if it's significantly less evolved than we are? "

" @Jimmi:  Science Blogs is actually a very serious and respected site. It is written by a fairly large selection of experts in a variety of fields and is followed by many in the scientific community. The Journal of Cosmology... not so much.
 
I know that this is a superficial way of judging merit, but just take a look at their websites and tell me which one you think is more credible.
Science Blogs
Cosmology "

"The Journal of Cosmology's editor-in-chief, Rudy Schild of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said in a note accompanying Hoover's study that 100 experts were invited to critique the research, and that any commentaries would be published beginning Monday. The overall tone of the commentaries is likely to be skeptical: Lynn Rothschild, an astrobiologist at NASA's Ames Research Center in California, said many biologists were "very concerned" about the claims." 
 

pretty crazy stuff. i heard about this before. nothing to be that excited about until it's actually aliens like in the movies.

...astrobiology is a thing?

Bacteria is lame! I wanna see real-ass aliens in spaceships and whatnot! I mean, with so many planets in the universe, the chances of there not being life elsewhere in the universe are so slim that there has to be life somewhere. Intelligent life, on the other hand...

So he found poop on a rock? Must be aliens!

If this were true then NASA would hold a huge press conference, and every major news outlet on the planet would already have picked up on it.

I really hope this isn't true and that life isn't ubiquitous in the universe.

So these meteorites were on earth?  Could the bacteria have gotten in them while they were here?

" Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where, they, are.      "

" They've claimed things like this in the past.. and yeah, the fact NASA aren't making a big deal about it and it's just came out through some random website hurts the credibility. Would be cool if it's true, but there's nothing to get excited about. "

" @borodin said:

" Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where, they, are.      "

They're right there in the air duct with you. Here's a grenade. "

Knew it was horseshit before I even got in here.

I hate to break it to you my fellow gamers, but alien life cannot exist. It it said in the bible that man made us humans in his image, and if God made us in his image then he obviously did not make any other race in his image or at least on our stature. To even insinuate that such creatures could exist is blashpemy, and thus I believe it is time for you to repent. 

" I hate to break it to you my fellow gamers, but alien life cannot exist. It it said in the bible that man made us humans in his image, and if God made us in his image then he obviously did not make any other race in his image or at least on our stature. To even insinuate that such creatures could exist is blashpemy, and thus I believe it is time for you to repent.  "

" I really hope this isn't true and that life isn't ubiquitous in the universe. "

" I hate to break it to you my fellow gamers, but alien life cannot exist. It it said in the bible that man made us humans in his image, and if God made us in his image then he obviously did not make any other race in his image or at least on our stature. To even insinuate that such creatures could exist is blashpemy, and thus I believe it is time for you to repent.  "

" @RJMacReady said:

" I really hope this isn't true and that life isn't ubiquitous in the universe. "

Any reason why? Ubiquitous life is just so much more interesting. "

" So these meteorites were on earth?  Could the bacteria have gotten in them while they were here? "

"Look, man. I only need to know one thing: where, they, are.      "

" @RJMacReady:  Wow, you've actually thought about this haven't you?  Yeah, in real life if an intelligence advanced enough to travel to us could probably wipe us out without a problem, but in real life these findings are complete bull. Even if there is life out there, worrying about it doesn't do us much good. And dying in an alien mass genocide is still way cooler than dying of heart disease. "

"Also, if Fox News deigned to interview the guy, you can bet he's not the most reliable scientist. "

" @wrathofconn said:

"Also, if Fox News deigned to interview the guy, you can bet he's not the most reliable scientist. "

More accurately, you can bet that since he agreed to be interviewed by Fox News. "

lolz yea ain't that easy.

I dunno if it's just me...but I still wouldn't be very impressed if we found microscopic life elsewhere.  Hell there are organisms that can survive hundreds of degrees above or below zero and in the vacuum of space for a few days.  Don't think anyone will give much of a fuck till we find intelligent life.