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Comets – A Vehicle for Panspermia

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Arguments are given for life being a cosmic phenomenon. The physical and chemical conditions associated with comets favour the hypothesis that comets carry, amplify and disperse life throughout the universe.

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Hoyle, F., Wickramasinghe, N. Comets – A Vehicle for Panspermia. Astrophysics and Space Science 268, 333–341 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002428532335

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