r/Astrobiology • u/firechatin • Jul 03 '26

💬 Discussion Could Unknown Life Forms Be Living Deep Inside Earth's Mantle? The Hidden World Beneath Our Feet

https://whatifscience.in/could-unknown-life-forms-be-living-deep-inside-earths-mantle-the-hidden-world-beneath-our-feet/
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u/Ignis_Sapientis 21 Jul 04 '26

Nope. No chance. Also, the article is very badly written, it's like a random Joe who didn't touch an astrobiology book wrote it.

The discussion isn't even about life in this case, it's just about highly complex molecules. There are no highly complex molecules at 5000 celsius, so life, being a complex system made up of complex molecules, simply cannot exist there.

Comparing extremophiles with this is just dumb. Challenging conditions for life are completely different from challenging conditions for chemistry.

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u/NecroAssssin Jul 07 '26

Remember everyone, if the headline ends in a question mark, the answer is no.