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Alien Life Could Feed on Cosmic Rays


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Cosmic rays

High-energy particles called galactic cosmic rays could be an energy source for life on other planets.

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A bizarre microbe found deep in a gold mine in South Africa could provide a model for how life might survive in seemingly uninhabitable environments through the cosmos.

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