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Red dwarf flares may threaten alien life
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RE: Red dwarf flares may threaten alien life
Since modern conception of origin of life on earth proposes that life on our planet begun not in temperate environment exposed to air and subject to any radiation that penetrates the atmosphere, but instead in deep sea or underground hrdrothermal environments, the concept that violent flares would prevent formation of life seems somewhat obsolete.

In any case, we expect plenty of stars bigger than red dwarf that could also theoretical support incipient life on their planetary systems. Since the sun is one such star and it evidently did not exterminate our ancestors, we might extrapolate and say sufficient number of G type stars like the sun might also support biogenesis.
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Red dwarf flares may threaten alien life - by Welsh cake - January 19, 2011 at 4:29 pm
RE: Red dwarf flares may threaten alien life - by Minimalist - January 19, 2011 at 6:42 pm
RE: Red dwarf flares may threaten alien life - by Anomalocaris - January 20, 2011 at 5:27 am
RE: Red dwarf flares may threaten alien life - by Justtristo - January 21, 2011 at 8:48 am

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