Recently in the past week NASA has discovered something phenomenal that changes the way we can view life. A new organism builds its DNA, RNA, proteins, and cell membranes from actual poisonous arsenic. We have always thought life form is only capable between six main components, but clearly this is not true and our imaginations of what can be has expanded drastically. It boggles my mind when I try to distinguish the difference between reality and fantasy. With this new information, it seems to be almost certain that there is another life form out there in outer space, considering there our perception on the Universe can now be tripled the size. The fact that we have discovered a life form that is made out of a substance that humans and other organisms are not adapted too is a crazy thought. We now know so much more about life and what it is capable of being and becoming. From the article, scientists now say that there is almost no point to keep looking out for life on other planets and to instead focus on what we have here on Earth considering there are possibly trillions of planets just like Earth orbiting around the Universe. In my opinion, I do not think there should be any reason to give up on the search. There are thousands of different things we will still be learning here on Earth, but we should also keep a look out on other existing planets. This is some cool stuff!
http://www.africanaonline.com/2010/12/nasa-discovers-new-life-form/
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