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in History, Impact on Human Consciousness, Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon 2018-6-4 : Cosmic Biology in Perspective
Abstract A series of astronomical observations obtained over the period 1986 to 2018 supports the idea that life is a cosmic rather than a purely terrestrial or planetary phenomenon. These include (1) the detection of biologically relevant molecules in interstellar clouds and in comets, (2) mid-infrared spectra of inter-stellar grains and the dust from comets, (3) a...
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 Chandra Wickramasinghe's BLOG, Impact on Human Consciousness, Impact on Human Institutions, Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon 2016-10-26 : MUMBAI hosts astrobiology conference on life in space
India’s first Astrobiology Conference Life in Space – was organised in the city of MUMBAI by the Indian Astrobiology Research Centre and IARC Centre for United Nations in collaboration with Nehru Science Centre. The conference was a huge success attended by Astrobiology students from across India. Prof. Chandra Wickramasinghe from Churchill College, Cambridge University, UK delivered the...
in Bill Smith's BLOG, BLOG, Evidence, History, Hypothesis, Impact on Human Consciousness, ISON, Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon, Panspermia Aug 6, 2015 : New Scientist : Discoveries that would transform what it means to be human
I am happy to be able to report the rapid acceptance of Panspermia into academia. A new generation of astrobiologists have embraced panspermia especially as it relates to the solar system. Well worth scanning is this 1-page PDF from last Friday’s New Scientist. New Scientist – 2015-8-8 Dr. Chris McKay, Astrobiologist at NASA AMES gives animated explanation of panspermia. As...
in BLOG, Impact on Human Consciousness, Impact on Human Institutions, Life is a Cosmic Phenomenon 2014-9-20 : United Nations Event – IGNORING LIFE FROM SPACE EVIDENCE COULD THREATEN HUMAN SURVIVAL
At a UN-sponsored Symposium on the “Space Science and the United Nations” held in Graz Austria from 22-24 September 2014, I presented a paper entitled “The transition from Earth-centred biology to cosmic life” with co-authors Gensuke Tokoro and Milton Wainwright. The paper, now published in Journal of Cosmology (JoC, 24, 12080-12096) argues that a paradigm...
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