DailyDirt: Life Across The Universe

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Astrobiology is a field that doesn't have a whole lot of experimental evidence, but it's interesting to entertain the possibilities of life that might exist elsewhere in the universe. So far, we've been looking for ET biology that's similar to our own, but there's nothing that says biology must be based on DNA/RNA/proteins/etc. Here are just a few more links on possibly finding life on other worlds. If you'd like to read more awesome and interesting stuff, check out this unrelated (but not entirely random!) Techdirt post via StumbleUpon.
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Filed Under: alien, astrobiology, dna, drake equation, et, exoplanet, extraterrestrial, habitable, kepler, life


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    Alien Rebel (profile), 5 Jan 2015 @ 5:20pm

    Go Big.

    I'd bet all my Quatloos that we'd do better by looking at more sterile environments where next-gen life would probably want to be. Suppose for a minute you could do a 100% redesign of all your bodily systems, live comfortably in a far wider range of environments than your current meat suits; would you really want a high oxygen atmosphere that corrodes your gizmos, the risk of having some biologic screw with your circuits, or have any desire to physically depend on the drippy, oozy life systems of a planet such as Earth? Probably not. FYI- you Earthlings would be shocked to know just how many shots are needed to come here.

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    McCrea (profile), 5 Jan 2015 @ 10:07pm

    Re: Go Big.

    Doesn't sterilization kill life?

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    Alien Rebel (profile), 5 Jan 2015 @ 10:13pm

    Re: Re: Go Big.

    Carbon units are not true life forms.

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