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Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests (www.space.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests::Self-sustaining chemical reactions that could support biology radically different from life as we know it might exist on many different planets, a new study finds.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 11 months ago (5 children)

... how is this a new theory? The movie evolution made this a central point of the story

[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago

The article doesn't say it's a new theory. It's about a new study that shows that non-carbon based life might be more common than previoulsy thought:

"It was thought that these sorts of reactions are very rare," Kaçar said in a statement. "We are showing that it's actually far from rare. You just need to look in the right place."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

Head and shoulders for the win

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

And Andromeda Strain before that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Have you read Sphere?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not yet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How'd it go?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's in the backlog, I have some manga I'm reading and a bookclub book first

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Enjoy when you have the time!