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Indian Scientists Confirm Life In Space

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That there is life in outer space has now been confirmed through scientific evidence. Indian scientists have found extra-terrestrial microbial life in samples collected in a range of 25 to 40 kilometers above the surface of the earth.

This was revealed by Prof. Jayant Narlikar, the leader of the team of scientists from Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) who conducted the study.

The renowened astophysicist and Chairman of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCCA), Pune, said, micro-organisms resembling coccus, fungal and rod like bacillus have been discovered and biologists are continuing studies to verify the findings.

Narlikar was delivering a public lecture on

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First Published: Oct 30 2002 | 12:00 AM IST

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