
• 18:30 - 21:35
THC 114: Robert Morningstar | Secrets of the Solar System, Mythology, & Extraterrestrials
Arsenic-Based Life, NASA Mono Lake Research
The discovery of arsenic-based life forms in Mono Lake, California, suggests that the search for extraterrestrial life has been limited by a narrow focus on carbon-based organisms. Robert Morningstar explains that these organisms might thrive in the extreme cold of Titan, where temperatures reach 167 degrees below zero. This finding challenges the scientific paradigm that all life requires Earth-like temperatures and carbon chemistry to propagate.
