Now a new study by Japanese scientists has reinvigorated the discussion around panspermia: The idea that life may have reached Earth from Mars. To answer that question, a group of Japanese scientists, in participation with the Japanese space agency, JAXA, conducted an experiment on the International Space Station. They will be the first material brought back to earth from another planet and could provide evidence about the possibility of life on Mars. Yamagishi believes that RNA could have once existed on Mars before conditions for life arose on Earth and potentially travelled towards Earth bringing along RNA which began to seed our planet. Does Reid believe life could have made its way from Mars to Earth?

Source: CBC News August 26, 2020 07:52 UTC