Purple planets may be key to finding planets capable of hosting alien life, study says
“Purple planets: A new sign of potential alien life found by researchers.”
It’s likely for astronomers combing the cosmos for signs of extra-terrestrial life to stumble upon a habitable planet
That scarcely resembles Earth. Such a world may even be purple, researchers found.
To observers from outer space, Earth’s vast oceans and verdant landmasses make
Ut appear as a blue world punctuated by green ecosystems.
It’s the only habitable world we humans have ever known, so of course it’s understandable for us to assume
That the conditions that allow us to survive would be the standard for other life-sustaining planets.
But it’s far more likely for astronomers combing the cosmos for signs of extra-terrestrial
Life to eventually stumble upon a habitable planet that scarcely resembles Earth.
While fields, forests and jungles have made green the colour most associated with surface life on Earth.
That may not be the case for other planets, according to a new study from researchers at
Cornell University’s Carl Sagan Institute.
In fact, the astrobiologists who authored the report contend that it’s not ludicrous to think
That another habitable planet could be, say, purple.
