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life as a hitchhiker, not a homebody — born out there, crash-landed here.
means the hypothesis that life on earth originated elsewhere in the cosmos and arrived via comets, asteroids, or interstellar dust.
from from greek exo (outside) plus genesis (origin/birth), coined as a cousin to panspermia theories in early 20th century astrobiology debates.
amino acidsfound in meteorites older than earth itself
arrhenius idea1903 proposal spores drift on light pressure
muller reference1996 album title borrowed the concept directly
survivability testsbacteria endured simulated space radiation for years
for instance
murchison meteorite — 1969 australia, carried over 70 amino acids from space
tardigrades in orbit — survived vacuum exposure on esa foton-m3, 2007
osiris rex sample — 2023 nasa mission tested asteroid organics directly