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30 December 1999 Life is everywhere
Gerald A. Soffen
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Abstract
The question of the existence of extraterrestrial life is of great scientific interest. Presently we have knowledge of life only on the Earth that appears to have a single and unique biogenesis. Arguments are made that it is more likely that the living process exists throughout the cosmos, than that the Earth is the only inhabited planet.
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Gerald A. Soffen "Life is everywhere", Proc. SPIE 3755, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology II, (30 December 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.375083
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KEYWORDS
Planets

Microorganisms

Organisms

Molecules

Mars

Microbiology

Bacteria

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