Spyke
TIL that not all life relies on the sun for energy. Some organisms, like deep-sea vent bacteria, use a process called chemosynthesis to convert compounds like amonia to produce energy. Since there's no sunlight for photosynthesis, these organisms form the lowest level of the food chain underwater
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@sadgoat

I wonder if this type of life is an indication that life might exist on other planets in the solar system using similar sun free energy consumption.

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It is considered “proof that life CAN exist on other plants” just as our existence is prof that life like ours can exist on other planets. It’s not radical except that it expands the number/type of planets that we could hope to find life on.

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