article_snippet.sent: We sent balloons and a sampler and found no pollen or grass, nothing up there to contaminate, the discovery was completely pristine,' Dr Milton Wainwright told Jason Koebler at Motherboard. '
article_snippet.sent: However, we have provided evidence that the DNA-containing masses, plus other strange organisms we have isolated are not associated with pollen, grass and fungal spores on we sampler. '
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this year, the astrobiologist revealed an image of what the astrobiologist said was a tiny metal ball spewing out a 'gooey' substance in samples gathered by a balloon in Earth's stratosphere.
article_snippet.sent: the astrobiologist argued that the strange material coming from the titanium ball is biological and could in fact be a colony of tiny microorganisms.
article_snippet.sent: The metal sphere found by Dr Wainwright and his colleagues (above) appears to be oozing goo from The metal sphere found by Dr Wainwright and his colleagues (above) side .
article_snippet.sent: Using X-ray analysis to examine the tiny sphere, his concluded that the tiny sphere was made from titanium and traces of vanadium, while the material appearing to come out of the side was biological.
article_snippet.sent: They found that it also had a 'fungus-like knitted mat-like covering'.