1. a theory propounded in the 19th century in opposition to the theory of spontaneous generation and holding that reproductive bodies of living organisms exist throughout the universe and develop wherever the environment is favorable
panspermia 例句
英汉例句
Researchers plan to evaluate the likelihood of panspermia by studying whether microorganisms can survive an interplanetary journey.
研究人员打算研究:微生物是否可以在星际旅行中存活,并据以评估胚种说存在的可能性。
For panspermia to occur, however, microorganisms need to survive not only ejection from the first planet and atmospheric entry to the second but the interplanetary voyage itself.
The panspermia hypothesis posits that living cells or their precursors could have emerged on another planet or moon billions of years ago and hitched a ride to Earth on a meteorite.