The ingredients in theaeten are all the same across the universe. We can expect some of the same a principal things to happen, like cell wall structure and incoding system. The environmental context that made the geology is probably different. And if evolution requires a lot of experimenting, then the life form has to be able to change fast enough so youcan have enough of these experiments for it to take on interesting forms.
What will life be like on other planets? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the origins of life on alien planets and extremophiles right here on Earth with astrobiologist Kennda Lynch.
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