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NASA scientist finds evidence of alien life(edited)

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NASA scientists discover evidence of alien life

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Hoover discovered the fossils by breaking apart the CI1 meteorite, and analyzing the exposed rock with a scanning-electron microscope and a field emission electron-scanning microscope, which allowed him to detect any fossil remains. What he found were fossils of micro-organisms (pictured below), many of which he says are strikingly similar to those found on our own planet (pictured above).

Evidence of a form of life (micro-organisms) not originating on Earth and unfamiliar to our scientists have been discovered. The research is open to the scientific community and although this has yet to be confirmed by a third-party, we have proof and the next step is to attempt to disprove the hypothesis. But considering fossil evidence was found in a meteorite, originating from outer-space, I highly doubt it will be disproved. Alien life exists as a scientific fact.

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NASA scientists discover evidence of alien life

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Evidence of a form of life (micro-organisms) not originating on Earth and unfamiliar to our scientists have been discovered. The research is open to the scientific community and although this has yet to be confirmed by a third-party, we have proof and the next step is to attempt to disprove the hypothesis. But considering fossil evidence was found in a meteorite, originating from outer-space, I highly doubt it will be disproved. Alien life exists as a scientific fact.

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I wonder how the living organism got into the meteorite.
 
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Hate to rain on your parade, but..............

NASA confirmed that the paper had not been peer-reviewed.

"NASA cannot stand behind or support a scientific claim unless it has been peer-reviewed or thoroughly examined by other qualified experts," Paul Hertz, chief scientist of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington, D.C., said in a statement. "This paper was submitted in 2007 to the International Journal of Astrobiology. However, the peer review process was not completed for that submission."

And some scientists are already calling the paper "garbage". In addition, the journal that the article is in has no process of peer review at all, and has released articles in the past that were found to be bogus later on.

I would love to see the evidence of life outside of Earth, but for now, I will remain a skeptic, in regard to this particular paper.
 
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It's only a matter of time before we find life outside of Earth. Especially microorganisms, the real discovery will be contacting with intelligent life.
 
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It's only a matter of time before we find life outside of Earth. Especially microorganisms, the real discovery will be contacting with intelligent life.

Why did you make this statement, you can't possibly support it.
 
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It's only a matter of time before we find life outside of Earth. Especially microorganisms, the real discovery will be contacting with intelligent life.

"I am the very model of a scientist Salarian!
I've studied species, Turian, Asari, and Batarian.
I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology),
because I am an expert (which I know is a tautology).

My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian -
I am the very model of a scientist Salarian!"
 
Re: NASA proves that Alein Life Exists

I wholly believe that alien life exists. However this sounds really fishy to me. Guess we wait and see what happens.
 
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"I am the very model of a scientist Salarian!
I've studied species, Turian, Asari, and Batarian.
I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology),
because I am an expert (which I know is a tautology).

My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian -
I am the very model of a scientist Salarian!"

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I don't think this paper has any credibility at all.

I don't think any alien life exists outside of earth, but I believe in God, so who knows. The possibility is out there.

From the article...

“[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.
 
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I saw this a few days ago, and found it interesting, yet not compelling at this point. As Danarhea pointed out already, there has not been an opportunity for the paper to be adequately scrutinized through the peer review process, and as it stands is just an interesting, yet unconfirmed discovery, and yet another example of the media in general picking up on a sensational tidbit and running to the presses with it.

I am curious to see how it turns out, but at this point it is in league with the organic evidence found in Allan Hills 84001, a Martian meteorite found in Antartica.

When the discovery was announced, many immediately conjectured that the fossils were the first true evidence of extraterrestrial life—making headlines around the world, and even prompting U.S. President Bill Clinton to make a formal televised announcement to mark the event.[

Several tests for organic material have been performed on the meteorite and amino acids and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) have been found. The debate over whether the organic molecules in the meteorite are in fact of exobiologic origin or are due to abiotic processes on Mars or contamination from the contact with Antarctic ice on Earth is still ongoing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Hills_84001
 
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I don't think this paper has any credibility at all.

I don't think any alien life exists outside of earth, but I believe in God, so who knows. The possibility is out there.

life exists in more extreme conditions on earth than on some other places in the universe. I suspect that wherever there is water, there is life. I too believe in God, but unlike some believers, I don't think that the existence of life outside earth is a threat to religion
 
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life exists in more extreme conditions on earth than on some other places in the universe. I suspect that wherever there is water, there is life. I too believe in God, but unlike some believers, I don't think that the existence of life outside earth is a threat to religion

I don't believe it would be any threat? I suppose those people are out there though. I just think if it was out there, we would have more evidence than a few drunks picked up in the woods with some cows, lol.
 
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I don't believe it would be any threat? I suppose those people are out there though. I just think if it was out there, we would have more evidence than a few drunks picked up in the woods with some cows, lol.

if you were an alien with interstellar travel capability, would you want to visit anyone on this planet? :lamo
 
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if you were an alien with interstellar travel capability, would you want to visit anyone on this planet? :lamo

This is why I have been very low key and have not let my presence here be known to the aliens, I really do not want them to come visit, because frankly I don't think people would handle it very well if the aliens were to find out I was here and as a result had a compelling reason to come visit.
 
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Personally I would like to understand the logic of "Earth being the only one with life on it". I can understand it if it's coming from some zealot religious nut bag. But from regular folks? There are literally billions of galaxies out there with billions of stars in each one. To believe that our particular solar system was the only one to have life develop on it is astoundingly stupid.
 
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Personally I would like to understand the logic of "Earth being the only one with life on it". I can understand it if it's coming from some zealot religious nut bag. But from regular folks? There are literally billions of galaxies out there with billions of stars in each one. To believe that our particular solar system was the only one to have life develop on it is astoundingly stupid.

Given the size of the known universe, the Drake equation basically guarantees the possibility.
 
Re: NASA proves that Alein Life Exists

Why did you make this statement, you can't possibly support it.

Because it's quite ignorant to believe that our Earth is the only planet able to sustain life, especially microorganisms.
 
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NASA scientists discover evidence of alien life

bacteriainmeteorites.jpg




Evidence of a form of life (micro-organisms) not originating on Earth and unfamiliar to our scientists have been discovered. The research is open to the scientific community and although this has yet to be confirmed by a third-party, we have proof and the next step is to attempt to disprove the hypothesis. But considering fossil evidence was found in a meteorite, originating from outer-space, I highly doubt it will be disproved. Alien life exists as a scientific fact.

Comments?

It looks like a simple form of bacteria but then again it really could be anything only time will tell i guess...
 
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Too many flaws:

1. The paper was not peer reviewed.
2. No DNA could be extracted, so one can't tell if, in fact if there were microorganisms, whether their orign was from earth.
3. For the length of time the meteorite was lying on the earth, it almost certainly was tainted with earthly microorganisms.
4. There's no way to demonstrate that the apparent remains were, in fact, once living microorganisms. Other origins are possible.

In short, although the meteorite had orgins in space, the paper cannot credibly conclude that any fossilized remains of microorganisms (if that's what the fossilized remains are) in the meteorite also had origins in space.
 
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It's only a matter of time before we find life outside of Earth. Especially microorganisms, the real discovery will be contacting with intelligent life.

Faith personified. Now faith is the substance of things HOPED FOR, the evidence of things not yet seen. Philosophy...not Science.
 
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I wonder how the living organism got into the meteorite.
When the Earth, or any planet or moon, is hit by a large object (such as an asteroid), chunks of the dirt and rock can fly into the upper atmosphere from the force of the impact. It stands to reason that some of the stuff floating in space originated from another planet. The same way fossils are created here on Earth, fossils are created on distant planets. When those distant planets are hit by asteroids, chucks of the ground fly into space.
Hate to rain on your parade, but..............

And some scientists are already calling the paper "garbage". In addition, the journal that the article is in has no process of peer review at all, and has released articles in the past that were found to be bogus later on.
Not rained on at all; skepticism is the essence of science. But the article hasn't been debunked yet, and until it is, it's a viable theory. The next step is to either prove or disprove the findings. Until it's debunked, I am willing to keep an open mind. The evidence is compelling, even if an impartial third-party hasn't confirmed it.
 
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I find it very telling that NASA is jumping to dismiss the finding without actually DISPROVING the finding with its own scientific analysis. They are writing it off as contamination and exposure to earth organisms, but how did an earth organism invade the meteorite and become fossilized within the past 100 years? Impossible.

I'm not saying the paper is proof positive but the way it is just being so easily dismissed seems fishy.
 
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