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Re:New study dramatically narrows the search for advanced li... by kabdib on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @10:54PM (#20161342)
The wide range of extremophiles here on earth makes me think that this paper is parochial, at best. Carbon is versatile and oxygen is a great source of energy, but that doesn't preclude other biochemical systems.

Given the amount of real estate in the universe that is "out in the cold" (Oort cloud equivalents, way beyond the snow line) it may be that we are the oddballs, and there are scientists out there wondering how life would be possible with molten ice and burning things with something as hellishly reactive as atomic oxygen. Free-floating planets might be where the really good parties are in our galaxy.

Re:New study dramatically narrows the search for advanced li... by fhars on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @02:53AM (#20162358)
Re:New study dramatically narrows the search for advanced li... by throwaway743 on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @10:31AM (#20165031)
That was beautiful. Thank you for the good laugh
Re:New study dramatically narrows the search for advanced li... by Fricken on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @08:52AM (#20164000)
Wouldn't the best place to look for life be right here on Earth? I mean, if it could be demonstrated that life has or had more than a single origin on Earth, then we'd have 2 data points, and it would suggest that under the right conditions the emergence of life is not an anomalous occurrence.