Leading astronomers believe that they may have come across proof of alien life...although it's not quite as advanced as E.T.
The Philae lander, which was launched from the Rosetta spacecraft earlier this year to land on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (catchy name, we know), might just have found proof that alien life exists out there.
Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and Dr Max Wallis of the University of Cardiff were part of the team that put the project together, and decided to include "a very inexpensive life-detection experiment. At the time it was thought this was a bizarre proposition", which it seems might have paid off, if their latest findings are anything to go by.
They believe that evidence gathered from the lander and the Rosetta spacecraft show that there is a strong possibility that the comet is home to microbial alien life which can survive at temperatures of around -40C on the watery regions of the comet that have turned to ice.
According to Prof. Wickramasinghe, the data is pretty clear: "what we’re saying is that data coming from the comet seems to unequivocally, in my opinion, point to micro-organisms being involved in the formation of the icy structures, the preponderance of aromatic hydrocarbons, and the very dark surface".
Both Wickramasinghe and Wallis believe that the origins of life on this planet may well have come from a similar comets, and that "planets that can harbour life are really quite abundant in the galaxy, and the next neighbouring system to us is only spitting distance away. I think it’s inevitable that life is going to be a cosmic phenomenon".
Via Metro.co.uk
