[baxter]

The original NASA article: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/dna-meteorit...

[hirenj]

Can anyone find the actual article on PNAS? The closest I can get is http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/08/04/1105715108.abst...

And this is the lab page, that also has no info on the paper.

http://astrobiology.gsfc.nasa.gov/analytical/index.html

This is one thing that consistently annoys me about most scientific journalism online, and about the press releases by institutions. Is it really that hard to post a link to the abstract page of the actual journal?

[aab1d]

Thanks for the link. Makes me wonder, if life did come from space then we will have to start exploring space more seriously. The possibility of a aliens existing somewhere else cannot be ignored any longer.

[scott_s]

This HN thread links to an article that describes the enormous difficulties in interstellar travel: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2639456

[beambot]

Mind you... space exploration does not have to be interstellar. There are probably lots of interesting discoveries to be had here in our own backyard.