Spectroscopic evidence for panspermia

Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe; Fred Hoyle; Daryl H. Wallis

doi:10.1117/12.278780

11 July 1997 Spectroscopic evidence for panspermia

Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Fred Hoyle, Daryl H. Wallis

Proceedings Volume 3111, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for the Investigation of Extraterrestrial Microorganisms; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.278780
Event: Optical Science, Engineering and Instrumentation '97, 1997, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Astronomical spectra over a wide range of wavelengths is reviewed and compared with predictions from organic models of interstellar and cometary grains. The data requires the widespread occurrence of functional groups involving H,O,C,N in the form of complex structures in the proportions that characterize biomaterial. We argue for the widespread occurrence of a microbiological system on a galaxy-wide scale.

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Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Fred Hoyle, and Daryl H. Wallis "Spectroscopic evidence for panspermia", Proc. SPIE 3111, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for the Investigation of Extraterrestrial Microorganisms, (11 July 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.278780

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