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It's not what you would think but it's pretty freaking awesome. Some Links For you to read:
http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/nasa-discovers-alien-life-in-california/?news=123
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Alien-DNA-NASA-Mono-Lake-Bacteria,news-9183.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20101...oundalienlifebutarsenicmicrobestillphenomenal
And the big one.
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/astrobiology_toxic_chemical.html
Okay, so a lot of people are disappointed by the fact that the "alien" life is terrestrial in origin but it's still a mammoth discovery. In order for DNA to be made to include arsenic instead of phosphorous it would have had to have evolved along an entirely different path (or through some process thought to be impossible). This will change everything about how science looks for new life considering that this new form of DNA can allow life to survive in arsenic soup.
I dunno.
I'm pretty jazzed.
http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/nasa-discovers-alien-life-in-california/?news=123
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Alien-DNA-NASA-Mono-Lake-Bacteria,news-9183.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20101...oundalienlifebutarsenicmicrobestillphenomenal
And the big one.
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/astrobiology_toxic_chemical.html
Okay, so a lot of people are disappointed by the fact that the "alien" life is terrestrial in origin but it's still a mammoth discovery. In order for DNA to be made to include arsenic instead of phosphorous it would have had to have evolved along an entirely different path (or through some process thought to be impossible). This will change everything about how science looks for new life considering that this new form of DNA can allow life to survive in arsenic soup.
I dunno.
I'm pretty jazzed.
