Astrobiological Implications of Interstellar Material in the Solar System

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Crick

and Orgel

(1973) Directed panspermia. Icarus, 19:341–346.

Davies

PCW

(1996) The transfer of viable micro-organisms between planets. In Evolution of Hydrothermal Ecosystems on Earth (and Mars?): Proceedings of the CIBA Foundation Symposium No. 20, edited by G. Brock and J. Goode. Wiley, New York, p. 304.

Desch

and Jackson

(2022) Some pertinent issues for interstellar panspermia raised after the discovery of ‘1I/‘Oumuamua. Astrobiology 22(12):1400–1413.

Hoyle

and Wickramasinghe

(1978) Lifecloud. J.M. Dent London, UK.

Lineweaver

(2022) The ‘Oumuamua Controversy: Bayesian priors and the evolution of technological intelligence. Astrobiology 22(12):1419–1428.

Loeb

(2001) Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston.

Loeb

(2022) On the possibility of an artificial origin for ‘Oumuamua. Astrobiology 22(12):1392–1399.

McKay

, Davies

PCW

, and Worden

(2022) Directed panspermia using interstellar comets. Astrobiology 22(12):1443–1451.

Mitton

(2022) A short history of panspermia from antiquity through the mid-1970s. Astrobiology 22(12):1379–1391.