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From Interstellar Grains to Panspermia

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Data relating to interstellar dust could be interpreted in terms of a widespread distribution of bacterial material in the galaxy. The present contribution reviews the main arguments supporting a modern version of panspermia.

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  1. School of Mathematics, Cardiff University, PO Box 926, Cardiff, CF2 4YH, UK

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Wickramasinghe, N.C. (2000). From Interstellar Grains to Panspermia. In: Dadhich, N., Kembhavi, A. (eds) The Universe. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 244. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4050-8_31

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