subject:"\[meteorite\-list\] Extra\-terrestrial Fossil found in meteorite\?"

[meteorite-list] Extra-terrestrial Fossil found in meteorite?

2011-03-05 Thread E.P. Grondine

Hi all - This just in: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/03/05/exclusive-nasa-scientists-claims-evidence-alien-life-meteorite/ Cl1's anyone? This one has me baffled. My guess would be ejecta from an Earth or Mars impact, but... No, that doesn't work. E.P.

Re: [meteorite-list] Extra-terrestrial Fossil found in meteorite?

2011-03-05 Thread John Hendry

The picture is a bit misleading I initially thought that was a photomicrograph from the meteorite, but it's actually a terrestrial Titanospirillum velox with the image lifted from this paper http://bioinformatica.uab.es/biocomputacio/treballs02-03/S_Serrano/articulo %20espiroqueta.htm John On

Re: [meteorite-list] Extra-terrestrial Fossil found in meteorite?

2011-03-05 Thread Ted Bunch

Contamination from terrestrial sources has always been the bottom line for so-called meteorite fossils. For example, Orgueil was supposedly kept in a drawer with coal samples for 50 years. Even though a pristine sample of Murchison was kept under vacuum for 2 years after recovery, the organic

Re: [meteorite-list] Extra-terrestrial Fossil found in meteorite?

2011-03-05 Thread Pete Pete

. Sniiif! Ah, SCIENCE! Always heading for the truth! Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 10:20:37 -0700 From: p...@pict.co.uk To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Extra-terrestrial Fossil found in meteorite? The picture