Does alien life need a planet to survive? Scientists propose an intriguing possibility

What if we took the “terrestrial” out of “extraterrestrial”? Scientists recently explored the intriguing possibility that alien life may not need a planet to support itself.

At first glance, planets seem like ideal places to find life. After all, the only place where life is known to exist is the Earth’s surface. AND earth it is very beautiful. Our planet has a deep gravitational well that holds everything in place and a thick one atmosphere which keeps surface temperatures within the right limits to hold liquid water. We have an abundance of elements like carbon and oxygen to form the building blocks of biological organisms. And we have plenty of sunlight shining down on us, providing an essentially limitless source of free energy.

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