It's 'Dust' and I mean the kind from the Movie 'The Golden Compass'... Or is it midi-cholrians?? :-)

Scientists at the University of Buckingham Center for Astrobiology (BCAB) say they have captured the first-ever image of an alien or extraterrestrial organism. The scientists described the “organism” as a “bull-shaped” particle that represents a “complete living entity.”

According to the team of scientists led by Professor Milton Wainwright, the photograph (see above) is proof that alien or extraterrestrial life exists in space, outside the atmosphere of our planet Earth, Sunday Express reports.

The scientists said the image provides new evidence in support of the panspermia theory which says that life on Earth originated in space. The scientists also said the discovery supports the theory that living particles continue to rain down on Earth from space.

The researchers isolated the organism from minute pieces of debris collected from the stratospheric boundaries of space using powerful magnets. The debris was collected as part of a project carried out in Derbyshire which involved sending balloons to altitudes close to 30 kilometers in the stratosphere, near the boundaries of outer space.

According to Wainwright, the image (see above) shows a grain of salt crystal with the “amorphous form” of a living entity attached to its surface.

“The picture illustrates what we believe to be alien microbes high up in the stratosphere. Our team has caused quite a stir over the last couple of two years by claiming these microbes are continually arriving to Earth from space. Our critics have been vocal in dismissing our work but, as yet, no one has provided a viable alternative explanation for our peer reviewed work.”

The grain of salt was discovered with rare elements such as dysprosium, luetitum, neodymium and niobium, the scientists said.

Wainwright explained that, “as far as we can tell the particle has no relation to anything found on Earth. This latest launch is also exciting because the team has found particles containing, so-called, rare earth elements at a height close to 30 kilometers in the stratosphere.

The team also said they found no evidence of contamination with particles from Earth in the dust samples collected.

“Our biological entities are pristinely isolated on the sampling stubs and are not associated with inorganic dust (volcanic or otherwise) or common Earth-derived biology.”