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[-] 8baanknexer@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

I'm skeptical of this. Life doesn't just need a certain temperature, it needs to convert lower entropy energy to higher entropy. A uniform environment temperature does not provide any usable energy. You would still need a star or some other energy source.

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

It also needs something that can form complex molecules. The lightest element we know of that can form these is carbon. That didn't appear in reasonable quantities until the first stars exploded.

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