The technology to ‘seed’ planets well beyond our solar system with basic life forms, skipping billions of years of evolution on Earth and spreading the potential for complex life to develop, might be decades away. This is according to an essay that will appear in the journal Astrophysics and Space Science, though its ambitions and ethical stance have been questioned by both supporters and detractors of so called ‘direct panspermia.’ This artist’s...
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