NASA Discovers New Life

[newwiseman]

This lends credit to the theory that life can substitute any of the basic blocks with the next element up on the periodic table, because chemically they all behave is their series.

 

[zfactor]

Read this earlier. Now that we know that lifeforms based on other chemicals are possible, methane based lifeforms on Titan seem very possible.

Except that there isn't enough heat energy to drive any kind of chemistry, there are pools of liquid fuel for gods sake. Thats like.... 250 degrees below zero F.

OT: Yeah, read this on Discovery News. Cool. Like. Cool.

Actually, slowly freezing the solute of a bunch of chemicals actually makes the reacton go faster. The solution forms ice (frozen) crystals that push the other elements into microscopic groups, greatly increasing their concentration (only for a very small amount of it though). That is what they theorize happened on earth at some point, those small bunches formed DNA and what not faster than if left unfrozen. Heat does play a part (the molecules bounce around faster, making them hit other molecules and react more often), but so does concentration (which makes them so close together they inevitably bounce into eachother). The only way they would never react is to reach absolute zero, but good luck with that.

 

[zfactor]

I love how everybody was expecting fully sentient aliens or something similar (apparently the fact that something like that couldn't be covered up or hidden apparently never occurred to them)

I know, everyone is sad that it is only arsenic based life (yeah, only life using an element toxic to other life). What excites scientists sometimes doesn't excite the public.

 

[samaugsch]

How the fuck is this new to the scientific community? Am I really the only person who was open to the possibility of organisms using different elements in their composition?

This isn't even the first time I've been struck dumb by the narrow view of typical science on this subject. For Christ's sake, all they ever look for when looking for "planets that could have life" are planets that could support carbon based life forms and other things unique to Earth, like that's the only possible option. As if there aren't more possibilities in the infinite expanse of the universe.

Where is your imagination Science? Where?

Maybe they're trying to limit the number of things in the universe that their feeble little minds can't comprehend.

 

[Jack and Calumon]

Calumon: I wonder if they can prove I exist?

I'm sure they can, just step into this lovely van over here and I'll take you to them!

Spoiler: You should have talked to Admiral Ackbar...

With Power Balance, You discard half the cards in your hand and I draw the same number of cards you discarded. Since you have six cards, you discard, and I draw three.

Now I have all 5 pieces of EXODIA!

Looks like I owned you.

By far, one of the geekiest posts I have done in a while, and I have a Digimon following me!

Calumon: Vans smell funny anyway. Why don't they just get a race car?

 

[FinalGamer]

WHA......AWWWWWWWWW MAAAAAAAN! I thought it was gonna be on one of Saturn's moons or something, dammit!

...but this IS an awesome discovery I must admit, it still keeps my validations solid about alien life out there.

 

[Patrick Dare]

I see a lot of people saying NASA has made false claims. From what I saw they never said they found alien life, they simply said they found something that would change the way we look for alien life.

 

[Meestor Pickle]

Thats it? Big whoop de do /sarcasm.

If it is not biped and has space travel then it is not that important.

Well I can name a few unimportant things that suit that category.

Anyway, quickly! Destroy it! Its going to take over!

In yet other trains of thought, pretty cool...

 

[Ashcrexl]

oh, now that xkcd comic i read yesterday makes sense! also, silly journalists, nothing really cool ever happens in our mundane lives.

 

[kannibus]

I think I just met the new OVERLORDS.