Life might have come from outer space, scientists say -That Took A Few Decades to Accept

 In 1984 a book appeared. It was titled Evolution from Space: A Theory of Cosmic Creationism and the authors were two leading names in research -Sir Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe and it put forward the hypothesis that life that first appeared on Earth had begun in space and had spread throughout the universe via panspermia,

Panspermia is the hypothesis that life exists throughout the universe and is distributed by factors such as space dust, meteoroids, asteroids, and comets, rather than having originated on Earth. This theory proposes that if a planet were to be hit by an asteroid, the impact could eject fragments of the planet into space, potentially carrying microorganisms to other celestial bodies where they could survive and flourish.

This could be seen as a continuation of their work in the 1979 book Diseases from Space wherein they propose that many of the most common diseases which afflict humanity, such as influenza, the common cold and whooping cough, have their origins in extraterrestrial sources.

Both are excellent books but I do recall the name-calling from other scientists (especially those who were of a religious leaning). In fact, at two talks that I gave at the British Flying Saucer Bureau in the 1980s the theory was mocked (by people with no scientific understanding or interest) and I was asked what this had to do with flying saucers. If I remember correctly I tried  to explain but, well, "Mr Adamski has told us where our visitors come from". I just shrugged.

It is strange that so many things postulated decades ago -likelihood that the Moon once had water and that Mars also had water and an atmosphere and possible life- were all ridiculed but as we "progress" so the current stream of scientists jump on those band wagons (grants and more papers to get more grants -marvellous how money can change scientists minds).

For decades I was digging for reports of non-humanoid looking entities since, scientists insisted, that is what we should expect. Suddenly, they changed their minds because, they now said, the humanoid form was what would be expected. They still insist on this until you hand over a report of a UFO in which humanoid entities were reported then it's "rubbish".

And one thing to bear in mind is that variations in the humanoid form should be expected based on the environment and many other factors. We are t6alking about a process, if correct, that has spread the seeds of life around the universe, not just our galaxy, for millions on millions of years.

The Independent https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/life-might-have-come-from-outer-space-scientists-say/ar-AA1JdGq9?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=186de41b51a145c289b9f22692ccea2e&ei=41

The seeds of life on Earth might have come from outer space – and might be widespread throughout the rest of the universe, scientist say.

Researchers have found complex organic molecules in a disc around a “protostar” in a major breakthrough. Those molecules are seen as the precursors to the building blocks of life, which go on to become sugars and amino acids that are then combined into the complex flora and fauna that surrounds us.

Researchers have found such complex organic molecules in other places before. But the new findings fill in a previously mysterious missing link – one that could suggest that life is more abundant than we realise.

When cold protostar becomes a young star, surrounded by a disc of dust and gas, it is a violent process that includes intense radiation and the hurling out of gas. Researchers had been concerned that the extreme nature of that process could “reset” the chemical compounds available around a star, meaning that they would have to be formed in the discs that at the same time are making planets.

But the new findings suggest that complex molecules can stick around through that process, meaning they will be inherited by the discs that follow.

The findings are reported in a new study, ‘A deep search for Complex Organic Molecules toward the protoplanetary disk of V883 Ori’, published in the The Astrophysical Journal Letters.