Paul Davies: I don’t think anybody expects to go to Mars and find cats and dogs walking around, but I think there’s a good chance that there’s microbial life in the deep subsurface. And so, the same thing here on Earth.
That’s astrobiologist Paul Davies of Arizona State University. Davies studies the possibilities of life beyond Earth. He said that scientists are now studying below the seafloor near deep-sea volcanic vents, and at Earth’s icy poles, for microbes that might be analogs of extraterrestrial life.
Paul Davies: Most life on Earth is microbial. Most microbes haven’t been characterized, let alone their genes sequenced. So it’s entirely possible that in that microbial realm there’s what we like to call a ‘shadow biosphere.’ It doesn’t mean that it’s sort of shadowy in the mystical sense, it just means that we don’t yet know what it is. We could be dealing just with ordinary-looking microbes, but with their innards completely different.
In other words, microbes with bizarre biochemistries live in a kind of ‘shadow’ of the ordinary life we’re used to. What’s more, said Davies, these microbes suggest life might have emerged not just once, but many times throughout Earth’s history.
Paul Davies: Life may have started 58 times on Earth, and we could have 27 ‘shadow biospheres’ descended from those different geneses, but only one of these achieved multicellular life. And we’re the product of that.
Sounds great.
well………something to think about
An intriguing thought – and quite possible !
That sounds cool But what if they want to eat us ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Run!
I am from the deep south (US). You could possibly see alot in the darkness of this region. And yes, I believe that there is life beyond our planet. Not to sound spooky, but once me and my family were driving 81 heading north and saw a black winged creature swoop down across the front of our car and my husband and I could not believe we saw what we did. It was not a bird, it was more like a black angel type creature. One other time before this we saw a similiar type creature, the wing span was huge ( my husband says it appeared to have about a 10-14 foot wing span), this happened off of 321 highway north traveling toward lenoir, nc.
Those were the only 2 times we saw it and both times we were traveling at night and both times it was in the foothills region of NC. We told a couple of folks but they thought that we were both nuts. I can’t fault them though, it was a paranormal experience which is always hard to believe unless you experience it yourself. I just want to know this: how could we both see the same thing at the same time if it was not there?
The Frost’s live near there.
Uh-huh, riiiight….
Okay then….
I think.
Hi Yvette; paranormal, psychic, clairvoyant, whatever. Those who have eyes let them see and those who have ears, let them hear. What I mean to say with this once ‘we’ see things and try to make this understandable to others the show you the ‘bird’. Clear and denial of such ‘we’ see has been for many years. So I do not doubt your vision. When possible read The Signs of enoch by JJ Hurtak, go to page 348 and or read this key 301. Other chapters are also understandable but many of what he wretes is complicated. Some of the chapters are very clear and confirmed in line with what we experience. the chapters I do not understand (yet) I read a 15 times over and then the penny drops. (smile) Also read and orient about Orion and the Egyptian pyramids.Indeed, the place and location you indicate is very special, try Hurtak!!!!
That was the best laugh that I have had at 7 am in the morning! LOL
thanks for perking me up this morning. What are Frost’s like anyway?
I would put my money on that no life what so ever will ever be found on Mars. I think it would be amazing if we did but I think we will spend billions looking for it with no positive results. But good luck.
I think that there could be life besides here on earth.
Indeed this is an extremely serious subject.
It will be a paradigm shift if even a single microbe is found on Mars.
This will have the effect of changing EVERYTHING we know about ourselves and our position in the universe. A vast amount of bio-science will be rewritten to accommodate the new found truths of the existence of extraterrestrial life. And religious dogma will be chased back into the realm of folklore and superstition from which it came.
Last but not least, such a discovery will take us quite a few steps toward getting a handle on the origin of life itself; then we will be able to begin the tenuous reconnection with our true heritage which has its evolutionary roots, less of this Earth and more, much more, among the galaxies in the farthest reaches of our current perception.
I for one am eagerly looking forward to the day when humankind is properly reoriented to this new horizon.
Well of course there’s life on other planets including Mars and beyond, just not life as we know it. Anyone that has ever looked at a clear night time star filled sky or pictures of other Galaxies spread out further than one can imagine in their wildest dreams and thought we are all alone out here needs to re-evaluate that thought and wonder if maybe we’re an experiment for some superior being. I’m sure once the dust settles on the moon and we filter all that water they seem to have found there will be something growing there.
nicely said