Scientists sent a balloon up into the stratosphere to take samples between 22km and 27km above the Earth, where no large particles from the surface should be able to reach. (Short of a major volcanic eruption, of which there were none within 3 years of the experiment.) When the balloon returned, they found “small biological organisms which they believe can only have originated from space.”
No, it’s not April 1 today, and The Independent has more info.
Might want to check that link…it just tries to go to your wordpress post-new.php.
Oops. Thanks for the heads up, Dan. It’s fixed now. :-)
Lemme make sure I understand. It’s so impossible to imagine these particles rising 27 km off of the ground, that we have to conclude they TRAVELED FROM ANOTHER PLANET ???