English

Noun

lithopanspermia ‎(uncountable)

1. The transfer of life-bearing rocks, ejected from one planet, onto the surface of another
   • 2015 July 8, “Spore-Forming Thermophilic Bacterium within Artificial Meteorite Survives Entry into the Earth's Atmosphere on FOTON-M4 Satellite Landing Module”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0132611:

     This experimental evidence supports the possibility of interplanetary transport of lifeforms and makes the lithopanspermia hypothesis more realistic.