This Week In Space podcast: Episode 236 — Alienspotting
On Episode 236 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and Rod Pyle are joined by Mikhail Tikhonov to talk about how life can take more unusual forms, ones we might not even recognize.
Key points
- When we think of extraterrestrials, our minds generally go from the latex-suited bipedal aliens seen in Star Trek and Star Wars to more exotic critters in sci-fi movies.
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- But some researchers, such as Tikhonov from Washington University, suggest that life can take more unusual forms, ones we might not even recognize.
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Additional details
- He further suggests a new definition of life: something that takes in and transforms energy and replicates.
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