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in BLOG, Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, History, Panspermia, Press Releases, Sri Lanka 2018-5-20 : Invited to COSPAR 2018 : 14 – 22 July 2018, Pasadena, CA,
2018-5-20 : Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe invited to COSPAR 2018 – COSPAR 2018 Prof Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe Buckingham Centre for Astrobiology, University of Buckingham, UK 24 Llwyn Y Pia Road Lisvane CF14 0SY Cardi United Kingdom March 30, 2018 Notice of Acceptance and Schedule, 42nd COSPAR Scienti fic Assembly, 14 – 22 July 2018, Pasadena, CA, United States...
in BLOG, Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, History 2018-7-26: LIFE IS A COSMIC PHENOMENON: AN IMMINENT PARADIGM SHIFT OF MOMENTOUS SIGNIFICANCE
The first proposal of life being a cosmic phenomenon was made nearly 4 decades ago by myself, Chandra Wickramasinghe, and the late Sir Fred Hoyle. As might have been expected the idea was controversial and bitterly contested at the time. However, in the intervening years a raft of evidence from astronomy, biology, and geology have...
in BLOG, Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Evidence, Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon, Panspermia 2017-11-22: Are We the Aliens We Seek?
“Aliens have reached Earth, say researchers from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Physics and Astronomy, basing their dramatic findings on a new study of fast-moving extraterrestrial dust that constantly rains down on our atmosphere. These particles serve as tiny ‘spaceships’ for microorganisms from alien worlds that traverse the vastness of interstellar space for eons...
in Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Fred Hoyle, Letter to Editor, Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon, Press Releases 2017-10-31: Letter to London Times Editor – Cosmic Life
in BLOG, Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Enceladus, Evidence, Panspermia 2017-8-7 : A Community Grows around the Geysering World of Enceladus
“As Cassini’s extraordinary 13 years of exploration concludes, enjoy this up-to-the-minute, far-reaching, wide-ranging look at that little moon Enceladus, at Saturn with the big possibilities”, Carolyn C. Porco, University of California, Berkeley, California. Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colorado. “The four following papers in this collection address, in one form or another, the anticipated bioloads at Enceladus,...
in BLOG, Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Evidence, Panspermia Enhanced interplanetary panspermia in the TRAPPIST-1 system
Delighted to read this May 2017 paper by Manasvi Lingam and Abraham Loeb Significance The search for extraterrestrial life is one of the most exciting frontiers in present-day astronomy. Recently, the TRAPPIST-1 star was discovered to host seven rocky planets with masses and radii similar to those of the Earth, of which at least three of them...
in BLOG, Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Fred Hoyle, Impact on Human Institutions 2017-7-1 : Did Life on Earth Come From Outer Space?
I thought my readers might enjoy this article : A look at the scientific evidence for panspermia. “The strongest evidence to support a cosmic origin of life and panspermia is the mind-boggling complexity of life.” My colleague Sir Fred Hoyle famously commented : In the 16 years since Fred passed, we have discovered so much...
in BLOG, Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Evidence, Fred Hoyle, History, History, Hypothesis, Impact on Human Consciousness, Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon, Panspermia 2017-7-1 : Sky At Night Asks “Did Life Come From Space” – Again after 40 years
It was 11 October 1978, 40 years ago next year, that Patrick Moore interviewed Sir Fred Hoyle and Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe on the hypothesis that “Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon”. Since that time experiment after experiment, have accumulated evidence consistent with the hypothesis; and today in 2017, Panspermia remains the “best” model for life in...
in BLOG, Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Impact on Human Consciousness, Impact on Human Institutions, Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon, Panspermia 2017-6-24 : To Confirm “Life on MARS” Do We Need to Put Men On Mars?
O’ the irony! Having already spread billions of dessicated viruses and bacteria on the surface of Mars and most other local bodies, over so many missions, we now announced that: “We may need to put men on Mars before we can really rule out life on the Red Planet once and for all”. So man...
in BLOG, Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Evidence, Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon, Panspermia 2017-6-13 : Alien Life Found Outside ISS in Vacuum of Space – TASS Report Best
I think this is the best reference to the latest news from Russia: http://tass.com/science/947789 Sincerely Prof. Chandra Wickramasinghe
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