David Kipping
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This stuff's really out there.
And there's not just this.
making exoplanets across the entire galaxy.
It's so mind-bending when you just stop and take a breath and think about what the hell is out there.
No, this is ESA mission, I think.
Yeah, it was that mission.
Yeah, it kind of got stuck in the ravine, which is kind of unfortunate, actually, where it landed.
Because it could have been even more breathtaking if it got a better spot.
Yeah, I mean, there could be all kinds of weird life out there, right?
I mean, what about if it's just like a fungus, right?
The whole plant is a fungus, and that's it.
It's never known other life forms at all, and that's just its whole thing.
I mean, it's certainly possible.
I think the problem is that you look at the genetic heritage of life and this tree of life and you kind of rewind the tape.
There was a great study that's done recently in Nature by Moody et al.