A couple of scientists from the University of Cardiff are pushing the view that alien life could be hiding in the icy nether-regions of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and his colleague Dr. Max Wallis believe the black crust of 67P is most likely explained by the presence of living microorganisms dwelling just beneath the comet's surface.
However, most other scientists think Wickramasinghe and Wallis are full of their own type of organic matter, one produced from the posterior regions of a male Bos Taurus.
According to a report from io9, Wickramasinghe's claim that evidence pointing to the comet containing living organisms is unfounded. Phil Plait, author of the Bad Astronomy blog, tweeted the "outrageous claim" of life on comet 67P isn't helped at all by "sloppy methods and fringe science."
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Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and his colleague Dr. Max Wallis believe the black crust of 67P is most likely explained by the presence of living microorganisms dwelling just beneath the comet's surface.
However, most other scientists think Wickramasinghe and Wallis are full of their own type of organic matter, one produced from the posterior regions of a male Bos Taurus.
According to a report from io9, Wickramasinghe's claim that evidence pointing to the comet containing living organisms is unfounded. Phil Plait, author of the Bad Astronomy blog, tweeted the "outrageous claim" of life on comet 67P isn't helped at all by "sloppy methods and fringe science."
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