Found? Extraterrestrial life in the stratosphere? - The Vanguard

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Photograph showing what a group of British scientists considered a living particle from space Efe / University of Sheffield

Madrid. (EP). – Scientists at the University of Sheffield (United Kingdom) have found a number of microorganisms in the stratosphere that, in his opinion, can not come from the Earth This opens the door to the existence of extraterrestrial life forms .

The finding, published in the British university’s website and in the Journal of Cosmology , was obtained after analyzing the data obtained by a balloon sent into the stratosphere, 27 kilometers high, during the last meteor shower, the Perseids of.

balloon designed by Chris Rose and Alex Baker, the center Tribiología Leonardo for the University of Sheffield, was equipped with numerous small filaments were deployed and exposed to space, from 22 miles up.

the end of its mission intact and smoothly landed near the town of Wakefield. The scientists, led by Professor Milton Wainwright, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the University, then found that the captured particles could not be from Earth.

Specifically, it was diatom fragments and other biological entities, all too large to have come there from Earth. Both during collection and during analysis of the samples, Wainwright explained that his team precautions to extremes to avoid the possibility of contamination.

In any case, expect to make further sampling in October, coinciding with the meteor shower associated with comet Halley. “Most people will argue that these biological particles must, of necessity, have moved into the stratosphere from Earth, but it is known that the particle size of which is not found on Earth can rise to heights, such , 27 miles. The only exception might be caused by a violent volcanic eruption (to push up those particles), but none of that has happened during the three years that have been collecting samples, “says Wainwright.

The expert adds that “in the absence of a mechanism to explain how these particles can be transported from here to the stratosphere, the only thing you can do is conclude that these biological entities originated in space.”

Therefore, concludes that “life is continually reaching Earth from space is not restricted only to our planet and almost certainly did not originate here.” According to Wainwright, “if life is continuously coming from space, you must completely change the view of the biology and evolution.” “We have to completely rewrite the textbooks,” he predicts.