Space-traveling rocks might be the ultimate cosmic taxi service for spreading life
The panspermia hypothesis suggests that life could travel between planets via meteorites, potentially seeding Earth with microorganisms or building blocks from distant corners of the galaxy.
Panspermia is the scientific theory that life exists throughout the universe and is distributed by space debris like asteroids and comets. Microscopic organisms can potentially survive the vacuum of space and extreme radiation while shielded inside these rocky travelers.
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