27/10/2025
A stunning discovery has reignited one of science’s oldest and most profound questions: Did life on Earth begin elsewhere in the universe? Recent studies on a 2-billion-year-old meteorite have revealed DNA-like molecular structures that appear strikingly similar to sequences found in human genetic material. While the finding remains under intense review, it has sparked global debate about whether life on our planet might have extraterrestrial origins.
If these results hold up, they would support the panspermia hypothesis — the theory that life’s building blocks were transported to Earth via comets or meteorites billions of years ago. This would mean that humanity’s ancestry might trace not just through evolution on Earth, but back to the stars themselves. The discovery challenges our understanding of biology, evolution, and what it truly means to be “from Earth.”
While skeptics call for more testing to rule out contamination, the possibility that our DNA shares a cosmic connection opens a new frontier in astrobiology and human history. Perhaps, in a sense, we are not Earth’s first inhabitants — but travelers from the cosmos, rediscovering our origin story one fragment at a time.
