171: The Science of Life from Alien Planets: Panspermia

Where did life on Earth come from? Some famous scientists believed that aliens may have intentionally colonised Earth with microscopic life. It may sound crazy, but they might be more convincing than you think... Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading Francis Crick https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1962/crick/biographical/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-Crick Leslie Orgel https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/us/05orgel.html Crick & Ogel’s Panspermia Paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0019103573901103 Panspermia https://www.newscientist.com/definition/panspermia/ https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/news/in-search-of-panspermia/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/the-origins-of-directed-panspermia/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/life-unbounded/the-panspermia-paradox/ https://astronomy.com/magazine/ask-astro/2017/10/meteorite-origins#:~:text=Famous%20astronomer%20Carl%20Sagan%20once,stellar%20systems%20is%20highly%20unlikely .