Thanks for sharing. One thing that didn't make sense in the article. The researcher says
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"Unfortunately for panspermists, Olssen-Francis says this is an unlikely scenario for cyanobacteria.
While cyanobacteria could theoretically survive a meteoroid ride through space, they would probably burn up while entering a planet's atmosphere."
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But if cyano maybe responsible for the helping of generating oxygen, and helping create the atmosphere; then there initially is no atmosphere. Hence, the bacteria would not burn up, since there would be no friction in the space its traveling in.