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Naturally occuring life in space
 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-07-03 08:39 [#00294735]
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I wonder if, somewhere in the vastness of planets in space,
a life form on at least one of these planets has evolved to
live, even if temporarily, in the small zone of empty space
surrounding it's planet. Due to gravity, I'd assume that any
living thing must start it's evolution attached to the
planet and a part of it. But perhaps as dolphins and whales
are able to take a deep breath and live underwater for a
long period of time, a form of life could learn how to take
a deep breath from the atmosphere and go into outer space
and return when another breath is needed. The need to break
free from the planets gravity is an obvious hurdle, as well
as the very low temperature, but life tends to spread to
locations where other life isn't to reduce competition.
Perhaps more microscopic creatures could break free easier
since their gravity is less. Later though, the ones that
live in space could continue to evolve until they are
larger. Of course there's humans that have been able to live
in space, floating in habitat bubbles called "space ships"
as I've seen on the jetsons, factual documentaries of our
future civilization which somehow was passed to us through
time. Scientists are currently most puzzled as to why we
will appear as cartoons in the future. One theory is that
new pollutants in the atmosphere will bend light in some way
to give it this appearance, but there are many skeptics.


 

offline Crocomire from plante (United States) on 2002-07-03 08:50 [#00294737]
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hehehe!
that's a very interesting idea though. that would be cool if
there were lifeforms like that somewheres.


 

offline Bob Mcbob on 2002-07-03 08:52 [#00294741]
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but space is a vaccuum, the problem isnt just about no air,
its also about your molecules being pulled apart...not to
mention the temperatures too low for any multicellular
organism to endure....


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-07-03 08:56 [#00294745]
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plus you couldn't navigate... locomotion would be impossible
since objects objects react with an equal and opposite
reaction, unless these life forms moved by taking explosive
craps while aiming in the direction they want to move, which
is definately a possibility.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-07-03 08:57 [#00294747]
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I wish I knew what space was even. You can at least hold
matter in your hand. Space is baffling but perhaps only in
the brain of an ape that's evolved in a world composed of
mass.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-07-03 09:03 [#00294754]
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Aliens don't necessarily have to be composed of cells, and
probably by chaos theory, aren't. The probability of such a
similar construction is just too unlikely, that's like us
saying god created us to look like him. Perhaps the
non-carbon life, ones made of titanium or something can
better endure temperature extremes. I also wonder if life
exists on any gaseous planet, that would be cool. Or life in
a black hole.. There's just such vastness, that it seems
possible somewhere at least. Of course, I suppose we'll have
to constantly redefine exactly what :life: IS when we meet
things that are hard to classify as life or... inanimate.


 

offline weatheredstoner from same shit babes. (United States) on 2002-07-03 09:08 [#00294759]
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Fascinating. I just cant wait until we actually do find
other life out there. It will be interesting to see how they
evolved.


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2002-07-03 09:16 [#00294764]
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If we do find it, I'm sure we'll study it, classify it, etc.
before finally moving in to exploit it fully for our selfish
advantage. We made movies about terrifying space aliens that
wanted to kill us which is ironic since we'll likely play
the role of the terrifying space aliens. Naturally I don't
know anything for sure. Or even the smallest percent of
suredness a ma jig.


 

offline Bob Mcbob on 2002-07-03 10:57 [#00294832]
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then theres the huge amount of energy required to leave any
planets' gravatational pull....no life can exist on a planet
with no gravity since they would just float away....
i agree an alien doesnt have to be composed of cells but
surely it would need to utalise energy to move....

and as for life in a black hole, that simply impossible, a
black hole is a region of space, not an object


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-07-03 13:25 [#00294926]
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God damn, I wish you'd learn the benefits of paragraphs, but
other than that, nice thoughts. There's gotta be something
out there... I hope we encounter them during my lifetime,
and I hope they're hostile and try to kill is. We win, of
course, because we have Will Smith and Sigourney Weaver.


 


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