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Complex life on planets orbiting the galaxy's most common stars may be unlikely
- bikenaga 9mo agoOriginal article: "Dearth of Photosynthetically Active Radiation Suggests No Complex Life on Late M-Star Exoplanets" - https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02548 https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.02548
- jessetemp 9mo agoOnly true if the alien plants are using the same chlorophyll as earth plants, which seems like a colossal fucking assumption to me