UM-Bot Posted December 4, 2016 #1 Share Posted December 4, 2016 (IP: Staff) · Extrasolar planets may not be the only place where it is possible to find signs of extraterrestrial life. http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/301340/could-alien-life-thrive-on-brown-dwarf-stars 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted December 4, 2016 #2 Share Posted December 4, 2016 That's interesting. But if life does exist around a brown dwarf what kind of life would it be. Plant like? Microbial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted December 4, 2016 #3 Share Posted December 4, 2016 33 minutes ago, XenoFish said: That's interesting. But if life does exist around a brown dwarf what kind of life would it be. Plant like? Microbial? Around a star? More probably its agent. 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Commander Travis Posted December 4, 2016 #4 Share Posted December 4, 2016 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Parsec said: Around a star? More probably its agent. Definitely parasitical then. Edited December 4, 2016 by Grand Moff Tarkin 3 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoFish Posted December 4, 2016 #5 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Let the sarcasm begin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted December 4, 2016 #6 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Yours is a tough question to answer with today's knowledge (unless you talk nonsense like my previous post). According to the article the most probable would be microbial, but heavier entities could thrive depending on the power of upwards winds. But yeah, I'd say we could expect something relatively light, considering they should always stay aloft. How much light doea a brown dwarf emit in the visible spectrum? It's crazy thinking that although living o a star, they could live in the darkness! Another thing: the article mentions that in the upper layers temperature and pressure would be similar to our own, but I thought that having such a mass, if you are inside its atmosphere, the gravity exerted would crush you nonetheless. Of course I didn't invest time doing the math, so I could be dead wrong. So potentially they could have a very light, yet very flexible (or sturdy? Who knows) structure. How fascinating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted December 4, 2016 #7 Share Posted December 4, 2016 5 minutes ago, Grand Moff Tarkin said: Definitely parasitical then. In many instances sure, but I'd say it depends from case to case. Shall we call it symbiotic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred_mc Posted December 5, 2016 #8 Share Posted December 5, 2016 The gravitation of a brown dwarf is pretty high. I read somewhere how many g:s it can be but I don't remember. It was anyway much higher than a human can survive. I think the high gravitation would make it difficult for life to develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorg Posted December 5, 2016 #9 Share Posted December 5, 2016 12 minutes ago, fred_mc said: The gravitation of a brown dwarf is pretty high. I read somewhere how many g:s it can be but I don't remember. It was anyway much higher than a human can survive. I think the high gravitation would make it difficult for life to develop. I doubt high gravity would matter to microorganisms. Think of the extreme pressure beneath the ocean. 11 tons per square inch at some depths, yet life is on the ocean beds. And life is adaptable. Look at the millions of insect species who have grown different from others as a way of adapting to an environment. 2 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted December 5, 2016 #10 Share Posted December 5, 2016 20 hours ago, XenoFish said: Let the sarcasm begin. If it wasn't for sarcasm, half of these discussions wouldn't have anything on them! Seriously, this makes you wonder if life on this planet may have come from a similar object that crashed on the Earth. 1 Top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brlesq1 Posted December 8, 2016 #11 Share Posted December 8, 2016 If there is life, I should think they would have managed the gravity issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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