3I/ATLAS Methane and the Panspermia Hypothesis: Could Interstellar Seeds Carry Life to Habitable Worlds?
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Avi Loeb argues that material shed by the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS could carry dormant life on dust or ice to habitable planets, implying a form of directed panspermia and that future probes could test whether any seed life resembles Earth life, though it remains uncertain whether extrasolar life would be like terrestrial life.
