I'm half expecting "There was life on Mars, and it was from Earth" (microbes somehow transported on a meteorite).
It would be particularly epochal to find some life in our solar system that had a completely separate origin, but life is such a prolific thing once it appears, some small-scale panspermia with Earth as the source wouldn't be entirely surprising.
Matt McIrvin
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2025-09-11 20:49:37 UTC
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