Chandra Wickramasinghe (English Wikipedia)

Secker, Jeff; Paul S. Wesson; James R. Lepock (26 July 1996). "Astrophysical and Biological Constraints on Radiopanspermia" (PDF). The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 90 (4): 184–92. arXiv:astro-ph/9607139. Bibcode:1996JRASC..90..184S. PMID 11540166. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
Wesson, P (2010). "Panspermia, Past and Present: Astrophysical and Biophysical Conditions for the Dissemination of Life in Space". Space Sci. Rev. 1-4. 156 (1–4): 239–252. arXiv:1011.0101. Bibcode:2010SSRv..156..239W. doi:10.1007/s11214-010-9671-x. S2CID 119236576.
Wickramasinghe, Chandra; Wallis, J.; Wallis, D.H.; Samaranayake, Anil (10 January 2013). "Fossil Diatoms in a New Carbonaceous Meteorite" (PDF). Journal of Cosmology. 21 (37): 9560–71. arXiv:1303.2398. Bibcode:2013JCos...21.9560W. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
Wallis, Jamie; Miyake, Nori; Hoover, Richard B.; Oldroyd, Andrew; Wallis, Darryl H.; Samaranayake, Anil; Wickramasinghe, K.; Wallis, M.K.; Gibson, Carl H.; Wickramasinghe, N.C. (5 March 2013). "The Polonnaruwa Meteorite - Oxygen Isotope, Crystalline and Biological Composition" (PDF). Journal of Cosmology. 22 (2): 10004. arXiv:1303.1845. Bibcode:2013JCos...2210004W. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
Wallis, Jamie; Miyake, Nori; Hoover, Richard B.; Oldroyd, Andrew; Wallis, Daryl H.; Samaranayake, Anil; Wickramarathne, K.; Wallis, M.K.; Gibson, Carl H.; Wickramasinghe, N. C. (5 March 2013). "The Polonnaruwa Meteorite : Oxygen Isotope, Crystalline and Biological Composition". Journal of Cosmology. 22 (2): 10004. arXiv:1303.1845. Bibcode:2013JCos...2210004W.
Gangappa, Rajkumar; Wickramasinghe, Chandra; Wainwright, Milton; Kumar, A. Santhosh; Louis, Godfrey (29 August 2010). Hoover, Richard B; Levin, Gilbert V; Rozanov, Alexei Y; Davies, Paul C. W. (eds.). "Growth and replication of red rain cells at 121 °C and their red fluorescence". Proceedings of the SPIE. Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XIII. 7819: 18. arXiv:1008.4960. Bibcode:2010SPIE.7819E..0NG. doi:10.1117/12.876393. S2CID 118437731.

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Ikeda, Daisaku (1998). Space and Eternal Life: A Dialogue Between Chandra Wickramasinghe and Daisaku Ikeda. Journeyman Press. ISBN 9781851720613.
Brian L. Silver Professor of Physical Chemistry Technion Israel Institute of Technology (26 February 1998). The Ascent of Science. Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 341–2. ISBN 978-0-19-802769-0.

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F., Hoyle; N. C., Wickramasinghe (18 August 1977). "Polysaccharides and infrared spectra of galactic sources" (PDF). Nature. 268 (5621): 610–612. Bibcode:1977Natur.268..610H. doi:10.1038/268610a0. S2CID 4170736. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
F., Hoyle; N. C., Wickramasinghe (7 August 1986). "The case for life as a cosmic phenomenon" (PDF). Nature. 322 (6079): 509–511. Bibcode:1986Natur.322..509H. doi:10.1038/322509a0. S2CID 4248740. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

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Secker, Jeff; Paul S. Wesson; James R. Lepock (26 July 1996). "Astrophysical and Biological Constraints on Radiopanspermia" (PDF). The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 90 (4): 184–92. arXiv:astro-ph/9607139. Bibcode:1996JRASC..90..184S. PMID 11540166. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

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Napier, W.M. (2007). "Pollination of exoplanets by nebulae". Int. J. Astrobiol. 6 (3): 223–228. Bibcode:2007IJAsB...6..223N. doi:10.1017/S1473550407003710. S2CID 122742509.
Line, M.A. (2007). "Panspermia in the context of the timing of the origin of life and microbial phylogeny". Int. J. Astrobiol. 3. 6 (3): 249–254. Bibcode:2007IJAsB...6..249L. doi:10.1017/S1473550407003813. S2CID 86569201.
Wickramasinghe, C. (2010). "The astrobiological case for our cosmic ancestry". International Journal of Astrobiology. 9 (2): 119–129. Bibcode:2010IJAsB...9..119W. doi:10.1017/S1473550409990413. S2CID 13978227.
Wickramasinghe, C. (2011). "Bacterial morphologies supporting cometary panspermia: a reappraisal". International Journal of Astrobiology. 10 (1): 25–30. Bibcode:2011IJAsB..10...25W. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.368.4449. doi:10.1017/S1473550410000157. S2CID 7262449.
Wesson, P (2010). "Panspermia, Past and Present: Astrophysical and Biophysical Conditions for the Dissemination of Life in Space". Space Sci. Rev. 1-4. 156 (1–4): 239–252. arXiv:1011.0101. Bibcode:2010SSRv..156..239W. doi:10.1007/s11214-010-9671-x. S2CID 119236576.
Hoyle, Fred; Wickramasinghe, C. (1986). "The case for life as a cosmic phenomenon". Nature. 322 (6079): 509–511. Bibcode:1986Natur.322..509H. doi:10.1038/322509a0. S2CID 4248740.
Napier, W.M. (2004). "A mechanism for interstellar panspermia". Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 348 (1): 46–51. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.348...46N. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07287.x.
Wallis, M.K.; Wickramasinghe N.C. (2004). "Interstellar transfer of planetary microbiota". Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 348 (1): 52–57. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.348...52W. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07355.x.
Hoyle, Fred; Wickramasinghe, N.C. (1990). "Influenza – evidence against contagion". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 83 (4): 258–261. doi:10.1177/014107689008300417. PMC 1292615. PMID 2342043.
Wickramasinghe, Chandra; Hoyle, Fred (1998). "Miller-Urey Synthesis in the Nuclei of Galaxies". Astrophys. Space Sci. 259 (1): 99–103. Bibcode:1998Ap&SS.259...99W. doi:10.1023/A:1001579504620. S2CID 189822129.
Harris, Melanie J.; Wickramasinghe, N.C.; Lloyd, David; et al. (2002). "Detection of living cells in stratospheric samples". Proc. SPIE. Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology IV. 4495 (Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology IV): 192. Bibcode:2002SPIE.4495..192H. doi:10.1117/12.454758. S2CID 129736236.
Shivaji, S.; Chaturvedi, P.; Begum, Z.; et al. (2009). "Janibacter hoylei sp.nov., Bacillus isronensis sp. nov. and Bacillus aryabhattai sp.nov. isolated from cryotubes used for collecting air from the upper atmosphere" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (12): 2977–2986. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.002527-0. PMID 19643890. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
Yang, Y.; Yokobori, S.; Yamagishi, A. (2009). "Assessing panspermia hypothesis by microorganisms collected in the high altitude atmosphere" (PDF). Biol. Sci. Space. 23 (3): 151–163. doi:10.2187/bss.23.151.
Wickramasinghe, C; Wainwright, M; Narlikar, J (24 May 2003). "SARS—a clue to its origins?". Lancet. 361 (9371): 1832. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13440-X. PMID 12781581. S2CID 43843273.
Willerslev, E; Hansen, AJ; Rønn, R; Nielsen, OJ (2 August 2003). "Panspermia--true or false?". Lancet. 362 (9381): 406, author reply 407–8. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14039-1. PMID 12907025. S2CID 43529100.
Bhargava, PM (2 August 2003). "Panspermia--true or false?". Lancet. 362 (9381): 407, author reply 407–8. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14041-X. PMC 7134934. PMID 12907028.
Ponce de Leon, S; Lazcano, A (2 August 2003). "Panspermia--true or false?". Lancet. 362 (9381): 406–7, author reply 407–8. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(03)14040-8. PMC 7135165. PMID 12907026.
Steele, Edward J.; et al. (August 2018). "Cause of Cambrian Explosion - Terrestrial or Cosmic?". Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 136: 3–23. doi:10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.03.004. hdl:1885/143614. PMID 29544820. S2CID 4486796. Thus the possibility that cryopreserved Squid and/or Octopus eggs, arrived in icy bolides several hundred million years ago should not be discounted (below) as that would be a parsimonious cosmic explanation for the Octopus' sudden emergence on Earth ca. 270 million years ago.
Moelling, Karin (August 2018). "Commentary to: Cause of Cambrian explosion - Terrestrial or cosmic? Steele, E.J. et al". Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 136: 24. doi:10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.03.005. PMID 29571770.
Gangappa, Rajkumar; Wickramasinghe, Chandra; Wainwright, Milton; Kumar, A. Santhosh; Louis, Godfrey (29 August 2010). Hoover, Richard B; Levin, Gilbert V; Rozanov, Alexei Y; Davies, Paul C. W. (eds.). "Growth and replication of red rain cells at 121 °C and their red fluorescence". Proceedings of the SPIE. Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XIII. 7819: 18. arXiv:1008.4960. Bibcode:2010SPIE.7819E..0NG. doi:10.1117/12.876393. S2CID 118437731.
Charig, A. J.; Greenaway, F.; Milner, A. N.; Walker, C. A.; Whybrow, P. J. (1986). "Archaeopteryx is not a forgery". Science. 232 (4750): 622–626. Bibcode:1986Sci...232..622C. doi:10.1126/science.232.4750.622. PMID 17781413. S2CID 39554239.
F., Hoyle; N. C., Wickramasinghe (18 August 1977). "Polysaccharides and infrared spectra of galactic sources" (PDF). Nature. 268 (5621): 610–612. Bibcode:1977Natur.268..610H. doi:10.1038/268610a0. S2CID 4170736. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
F., Hoyle; N. C., Wickramasinghe (7 August 1986). "The case for life as a cosmic phenomenon" (PDF). Nature. 322 (6079): 509–511. Bibcode:1986Natur.322..509H. doi:10.1038/322509a0. S2CID 4248740. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
Hoyle, F.; Wickramasinghe, N. C. (April 1990). "Influenza-evidence against contagion: discussion paper". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 83 (4): 258–261. doi:10.1177/014107689008300417. PMC 1292615. PMID 2342043.

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Moelling, Karin (August 2018). "Commentary to: Cause of Cambrian explosion - Terrestrial or cosmic? Steele, E.J. et al". Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 136: 24. doi:10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.03.005. PMID 29571770.

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Steele, Edward J.; et al. (August 2018). "Cause of Cambrian Explosion - Terrestrial or Cosmic?". Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology. 136: 3–23. doi:10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.03.004. hdl:1885/143614. PMID 29544820. S2CID 4486796. Thus the possibility that cryopreserved Squid and/or Octopus eggs, arrived in icy bolides several hundred million years ago should not be discounted (below) as that would be a parsimonious cosmic explanation for the Octopus' sudden emergence on Earth ca. 270 million years ago.

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Napier, W.M. (2007). "Pollination of exoplanets by nebulae". Int. J. Astrobiol. 6 (3): 223–228. Bibcode:2007IJAsB...6..223N. doi:10.1017/S1473550407003710. S2CID 122742509.
Line, M.A. (2007). "Panspermia in the context of the timing of the origin of life and microbial phylogeny". Int. J. Astrobiol. 3. 6 (3): 249–254. Bibcode:2007IJAsB...6..249L. doi:10.1017/S1473550407003813. S2CID 86569201.
Wickramasinghe, C. (2010). "The astrobiological case for our cosmic ancestry". International Journal of Astrobiology. 9 (2): 119–129. Bibcode:2010IJAsB...9..119W. doi:10.1017/S1473550409990413. S2CID 13978227.
Wickramasinghe, C. (2011). "Bacterial morphologies supporting cometary panspermia: a reappraisal". International Journal of Astrobiology. 10 (1): 25–30. Bibcode:2011IJAsB..10...25W. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.368.4449. doi:10.1017/S1473550410000157. S2CID 7262449.
Secker, Jeff; Paul S. Wesson; James R. Lepock (26 July 1996). "Astrophysical and Biological Constraints on Radiopanspermia" (PDF). The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 90 (4): 184–92. arXiv:astro-ph/9607139. Bibcode:1996JRASC..90..184S. PMID 11540166. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
Wickramasinghe, Chandra (June 2011). "Viva Panspermia". The Observatory. Bibcode:2011Obs...131..130W.
Wesson, P (2010). "Panspermia, Past and Present: Astrophysical and Biophysical Conditions for the Dissemination of Life in Space". Space Sci. Rev. 1-4. 156 (1–4): 239–252. arXiv:1011.0101. Bibcode:2010SSRv..156..239W. doi:10.1007/s11214-010-9671-x. S2CID 119236576.
Hoyle, Fred; Wickramasinghe, N.C. (1982). "Proofs that Life is Cosmic" (PDF). Mem. Inst. Fund. Studies Sri Lanka. Bibcode:1982ptli.book.....H. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
Hoyle, Fred; Wickramasinghe, C. (1986). "The case for life as a cosmic phenomenon". Nature. 322 (6079): 509–511. Bibcode:1986Natur.322..509H. doi:10.1038/322509a0. S2CID 4248740.
Napier, W.M. (2004). "A mechanism for interstellar panspermia". Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 348 (1): 46–51. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.348...46N. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07287.x.
Wallis, M.K.; Wickramasinghe N.C. (2004). "Interstellar transfer of planetary microbiota". Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 348 (1): 52–57. Bibcode:2004MNRAS.348...52W. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07355.x.
Wickramasinghe, Chandra; Hoyle, Fred (1998). "Miller-Urey Synthesis in the Nuclei of Galaxies". Astrophys. Space Sci. 259 (1): 99–103. Bibcode:1998Ap&SS.259...99W. doi:10.1023/A:1001579504620. S2CID 189822129.
Harris, Melanie J.; Wickramasinghe, N.C.; Lloyd, David; et al. (2002). "Detection of living cells in stratospheric samples". Proc. SPIE. Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology IV. 4495 (Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology IV): 192. Bibcode:2002SPIE.4495..192H. doi:10.1117/12.454758. S2CID 129736236.
Wickramasinghe, Chandra; Wallis, J.; Wallis, D.H.; Samaranayake, Anil (10 January 2013). "Fossil Diatoms in a New Carbonaceous Meteorite" (PDF). Journal of Cosmology. 21 (37): 9560–71. arXiv:1303.2398. Bibcode:2013JCos...21.9560W. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
Wickramasinghe, Chandra; Wallis, J.; Wallis, D.H.; Wallis, M.K.; Al-Mufti, S.; Wickramasinghe, J.T.; Samaranayake, Anil; Wickramarathne, K. (13 January 2013). "On the cometary origin of the Polonnaruwa meteorite" (PDF). Journal of Cosmology. 21 (38): 9572. Bibcode:2013JCos...21.9572W. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
Wickramasinghe, N.C.; Wallis, J.; Miyake, N.; Oldroyd, Anthony; Wallis, D.H.; Samaranayake, Anil; Wickramarathne, K.; Hoover, Richard B.; Wallis, M.K. (4 February 2013). "Authenticity of the life-bearing Polonnaruwa meteorite" (PDF). Journal of Cosmology. 21: 9772. Bibcode:2013JCos...21.9772W. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
Wallis, Jamie; Miyake, Nori; Hoover, Richard B.; Oldroyd, Andrew; Wallis, Darryl H.; Samaranayake, Anil; Wickramasinghe, K.; Wallis, M.K.; Gibson, Carl H.; Wickramasinghe, N.C. (5 March 2013). "The Polonnaruwa Meteorite - Oxygen Isotope, Crystalline and Biological Composition" (PDF). Journal of Cosmology. 22 (2): 10004. arXiv:1303.1845. Bibcode:2013JCos...2210004W. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
Wallis, Jamie; Miyake, Nori; Hoover, Richard B.; Oldroyd, Andrew; Wallis, Daryl H.; Samaranayake, Anil; Wickramarathne, K.; Wallis, M.K.; Gibson, Carl H.; Wickramasinghe, N. C. (5 March 2013). "The Polonnaruwa Meteorite : Oxygen Isotope, Crystalline and Biological Composition". Journal of Cosmology. 22 (2): 10004. arXiv:1303.1845. Bibcode:2013JCos...2210004W.
Gangappa, Rajkumar; Wickramasinghe, Chandra; Wainwright, Milton; Kumar, A. Santhosh; Louis, Godfrey (29 August 2010). Hoover, Richard B; Levin, Gilbert V; Rozanov, Alexei Y; Davies, Paul C. W. (eds.). "Growth and replication of red rain cells at 121 °C and their red fluorescence". Proceedings of the SPIE. Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XIII. 7819: 18. arXiv:1008.4960. Bibcode:2010SPIE.7819E..0NG. doi:10.1117/12.876393. S2CID 118437731.
Charig, A. J.; Greenaway, F.; Milner, A. N.; Walker, C. A.; Whybrow, P. J. (1986). "Archaeopteryx is not a forgery". Science. 232 (4750): 622–626. Bibcode:1986Sci...232..622C. doi:10.1126/science.232.4750.622. PMID 17781413. S2CID 39554239.
F., Hoyle; N. C., Wickramasinghe (18 August 1977). "Polysaccharides and infrared spectra of galactic sources" (PDF). Nature. 268 (5621): 610–612. Bibcode:1977Natur.268..610H. doi:10.1038/268610a0. S2CID 4170736. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
F., Hoyle; N. C., Wickramasinghe (7 August 1986). "The case for life as a cosmic phenomenon" (PDF). Nature. 322 (6079): 509–511. Bibcode:1986Natur.322..509H. doi:10.1038/322509a0. S2CID 4248740. Retrieved 18 January 2013.

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"Meteors from outer space made definitive land fall in Aralaganwila says Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe". Hiru News. 29 April 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2013. When our news team contacted Professor of Geology Athula Senarathna of University of Peradeniya who carried out a research on the meteorite fall in Aralaganvila, said that there could not be any truth in Prof. Chandra Wickramasinghe claim.
"Aralaganwila stones are not meteors; says Peradeniya University". Hiru News. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2015.

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Connor, Steve (1 March 2011). "We're all aliens... how humans began life in outer space". The Independent. The Independent.
"Are octopuses aliens from outer space that were brought to Earth by meteors?". The Independent. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2021.

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Shivaji, S.; Chaturvedi, P.; Begum, Z.; et al. (2009). "Janibacter hoylei sp.nov., Bacillus isronensis sp. nov. and Bacillus aryabhattai sp.nov. isolated from cryotubes used for collecting air from the upper atmosphere" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (12): 2977–2986. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.002527-0. PMID 19643890. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

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Yang, Y., Yokobori, S., Kawaguchi, J., et al., 2005. Investigation of cultivable microorganisms in the stratosphere collected by using a balloon in 2005, JAXA Research Development Report, JAXA-RR-08-001, 35-42

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Wickramasinghe, Chandra; Wallis, J.; Wallis, D.H.; Samaranayake, Anil (10 January 2013). "Fossil Diatoms in a New Carbonaceous Meteorite" (PDF). Journal of Cosmology. 21 (37): 9560–71. arXiv:1303.2398. Bibcode:2013JCos...21.9560W. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
Wickramasinghe, Chandra; Wallis, J.; Wallis, D.H.; Wallis, M.K.; Al-Mufti, S.; Wickramasinghe, J.T.; Samaranayake, Anil; Wickramarathne, K. (13 January 2013). "On the cometary origin of the Polonnaruwa meteorite" (PDF). Journal of Cosmology. 21 (38): 9572. Bibcode:2013JCos...21.9572W. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
Wickramasinghe, N.C.; Wallis, J.; Miyake, N.; Oldroyd, Anthony; Wallis, D.H.; Samaranayake, Anil; Wickramarathne, K.; Hoover, Richard B.; Wallis, M.K. (4 February 2013). "Authenticity of the life-bearing Polonnaruwa meteorite" (PDF). Journal of Cosmology. 21: 9772. Bibcode:2013JCos...21.9772W. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
Wallis, Jamie; Miyake, Nori; Hoover, Richard B.; Oldroyd, Andrew; Wallis, Darryl H.; Samaranayake, Anil; Wickramasinghe, K.; Wallis, M.K.; Gibson, Carl H.; Wickramasinghe, N.C. (5 March 2013). "The Polonnaruwa Meteorite - Oxygen Isotope, Crystalline and Biological Composition" (PDF). Journal of Cosmology. 22 (2): 10004. arXiv:1303.1845. Bibcode:2013JCos...2210004W. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
Wickramasinghe, N. C. "Formaldehyde polymers in interstellar Space" (PDF). Cosmology Science Publishers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2013. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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Walter Jayawardhana (13 January 2013). "Polonnaruwa meteorite with evidence of life from outer space described the most important find in 500 years". LankaWeb. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

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Brandon Specktor - Senior Writer 17 May 2018 (17 May 2018). "No, Octopuses Don't Come From Outer Space". livescience.com. Retrieved 14 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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Chown, Marcus (9 April 2005). "The Scientific Legacy of Fred Hoyle". NewScientist. Retrieved 25 July 2013.

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Secker, Jeff; Paul S. Wesson; James R. Lepock (26 July 1996). "Astrophysical and Biological Constraints on Radiopanspermia" (PDF). The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. 90 (4): 184–92. arXiv:astro-ph/9607139. Bibcode:1996JRASC..90..184S. PMID 11540166. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
Hoyle, Fred; Wickramasinghe, N.C. (1990). "Influenza – evidence against contagion". Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. 83 (4): 258–261. doi:10.1177/014107689008300417. PMC 1292615. PMID 2342043.
Shivaji, S.; Chaturvedi, P.; Begum, Z.; et al. (2009). "Janibacter hoylei sp.nov., Bacillus isronensis sp. nov. and Bacillus aryabhattai sp.nov. isolated from cryotubes used for collecting air from the upper atmosphere" (PDF). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (12): 2977–2986. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.002527-0. PMID 19643890. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
Wickramasinghe, C; Wainwright, M; Narlikar, J (24 May 2003). "SARS—a clue to its origins?". Lancet. 361 (9371): 1832. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13440-X. PMID 12781581. S2CID 43843273.
Willerslev, E; Hansen, AJ; Rønn, R; Nielsen, OJ (2 August 2003). "Panspermia--true or false?". Lancet. 362 (9381): 406, author reply 407–8. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14039-1. PMID 12907025. S2CID 43529100.
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