What kind of "life" would be possible on the Sun? I don't think basic life form - even the rawest form you can think of - can survive at those temperatures. It's hostile even to complex chemistry.
"harsh" environments on Earth, such as the depths of the oceans, are still quite life-friendly compared to places like the Sun, Venus or Jupiter.
Nobody is dismissing the possibility of life on the Sun, Venus or Jupiter... it's just very unlikely. I would personally rate more life-friendly places such as Europa or Titan. The oceans of Europa could be thriving with sea-life and it's so exciting to have that possibility right in our own solar system.
Life is a kind of pattern that can replicate itself in a certain environment. We usually consider it as chemical reproduction but why should it be. There's more energy in stars and complex magnetic structures. Who's to say that over billions of years some of them couldn't become replicating?
Right, the problem is people give life the arbitrary prerequisite of being "in a solid/liquid state".
All you need is an energy source and a structure that can absorb the energy and contain enough information to reproduce. It can be made of anything and on any time scale.
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What kind of "life" would be possible on the Sun? I don't think basic life form - even the rawest form you can think of - can survive at those temperatures. It's hostile even to complex chemistry.
"harsh" environments on Earth, such as the depths of the oceans, are still quite life-friendly compared to places like the Sun, Venus or Jupiter.
Nobody is dismissing the possibility of life on the Sun, Venus or Jupiter... it's just very unlikely. I would personally rate more life-friendly places such as Europa or Titan. The oceans of Europa could be thriving with sea-life and it's so exciting to have that possibility right in our own solar system.
Life is a kind of pattern that can replicate itself in a certain environment. We usually consider it as chemical reproduction but why should it be. There's more energy in stars and complex magnetic structures. Who's to say that over billions of years some of them couldn't become replicating?
Right, the problem is people give life the arbitrary prerequisite of being "in a solid/liquid state".
All you need is an energy source and a structure that can absorb the energy and contain enough information to reproduce. It can be made of anything and on any time scale.