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Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests (www.space.com)

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Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests::Self-sustaining chemical reactions that could support biology radically different from life as we know it might exist on many different planets, a new study finds.

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[-] Blamemeta@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I think it has something to do with the number of electrons in it's outer shell, and how reactive the chemical is. A biochemist could tell you more than me.

There's also silicon.

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