Extremophiles have been found flourishing in hot, acidic sulfur springs, around hydrothermal vents deep in the ocean, and in soil with high levels of toxic metals. What does the existence of life in such extreme environments say about the possibility of life on other planets?

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Frida Riggs

Biology

16 September, 22:03

Extremophiles have been found flourishing in hot, acidic sulfur springs, around hydrothermal vents deep in the ocean, and in soil with high levels of toxic metals. What does the existence of life in such extreme environments say about the possibility of life on other planets?

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Ireland Bean · Answer 1

Life may exist in extreme conditions

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The conditions in other planets do not normally resemble those on Earth. They are commonly much hotter or colder and are filled with toxic gases or liquids. It would be easy to think that life could not exist in those inhospitable places, but when we see how life on our own planet has adapted to the harshest enironments we have to think again and consider that life could exist in those extreme planets.