Fred Hoyle's panspermia hypothesis

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gptkbp:instanceOf scientific theory
gptkbp:category astrobiology
origin of life theories
gptkbp:contrastsWith abiogenesis
gptkbp:criticizedFor mainstream biology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fred Hoyle's panspermia hypothesis
gptkbp:influencedBy spectroscopic studies of interstellar dust
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Fred_Hoyle
gptkb:Chandra_Wickramasinghe
1970s
life can be distributed by comets and interstellar dust
life on Earth originated from space
microorganisms exist throughout the universe
viruses and bacteria arrive on Earth from space
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Nature
The Cosmic Life Force
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:panspermia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Diseases_from_Space
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7