Reuters: Fossilized bacteria found on meteorites: NASA scientist (reprinted in the Toronto Star)

Fossilized bacteria found on meteorites: NASA scientist.

See also various NASA experiments proving that amino acids can survive a high-speed impact into a target.

Now (Mar. 7, 2011) AP quotes Carl Pilcher, who heads NASA's Astrobiology Institute, as stating "... the rocks have been handled for more than 100 years. ... they are likely contaminated with Earth microbes." Why is there this unwillingness to accept the idea that life is universal? If these particular meteorites don't actually contain fossilized bacteria, the next set will.