Number of posts : 155 Age : 34 Location : Delta Trianguli Registration date : 2008-07-05
Subject: Re: Complex life on Europa? 10th October 2009, 1:59 pm
I have always thought that we would find fish and marine animals on Europa, whether or not the papers say it could happen. I can't wait to meet them ^_^
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Lazarus dF star
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Subject: Re: Complex life on Europa? 20th October 2009, 3:16 pm
Alternatively this could be doom for any Europan biosphere. Oxygen is toxic to anaerobic organisms, it could rip prebiotic molecules to shreds. It'd be a very interesting result if there had been life on Europa, which was extinguished by rising oxygen levels.
Sirius_Alpha Admin
Number of posts : 4320 Location : Earth Registration date : 2008-04-06
Subject: Re: Complex life on Europa? 20th October 2009, 3:30 pm
Yes indeed, that's what I was thinking. Oxygen is quite reactive. I'm not quite sure how they got this new oxygen estimate anyway, so I sort of left the topic alone.
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Giangore Micrometeorite
Number of posts : 7 Age : 41 Location : alpha centauri b Registration date : 2009-10-10
Subject: Re: Complex life on Europa? 22nd October 2009, 2:02 pm