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		Complex life on planets orbiting the galaxy's most common stars may be unlikely (phys.org)
		9 points by bikenaga 15 days ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

bikenaga 15 days ago | [–]

Original article: "Dearth of Photosynthetically Active Radiation Suggests No Complex Life on Late M-Star Exoplanets" - https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02548

jessetemp 15 days ago | [–]

Only true if the alien plants are using the same chlorophyll as earth plants, which seems like a colossal fucking assumption to me

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