“It is a fascinating thought that the Universe may be packed with intelligent life that is so different from ours that we failed to recognise its existence,” physicist Eugene Chudnovsky told ScienceAlert.
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00:00Life can be pretty resilient. For instance, tardigrades can survive being exposed to outer
00:07space. But now scientists think it's possible for some species to exist and flourish in
00:12the interiors of stars. Researchers from the City University of New York are proposing
00:17that monopole particles threaded on cosmic strings could form the basis of stellar life,
00:22similar to the way DNA and RNA form the basis of life on Earth. A network of cosmic necklaces
00:27forming complex three-dimensional structures, like atoms joined in chemical bonds, might
00:31be able to feed off of a star's energy and self-replicate. It sounds wild, but according
00:35to the researchers, it is possible that such a life form could develop intelligence. Scientists
00:40have observed some mysteriously cooling stars out there, which might be the place to look.
00:44The research was published in Letters in High Energy Physics.