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Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests (www.space.com)
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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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[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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

[–] homoludens@feddit.de 35 points 1 year 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."

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Head and shoulders for the win

[–] zzzz@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

And Andromeda Strain before that.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you read Sphere?

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not yet

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How'd it go?

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Enjoy when you have the time!