[Tormod]

Here's a pretty cool site. It is about 6 different kinds of extremely hardy lifeforms found on Earth, and how they may teach us about life elsewhere in the solar system.

http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/Alie...unch_page.html

[Boerseun]

Sheesh...

I think throughout the entire universe, the ice worm is probably the most alien thing we'll ever run into!

[TheFaithfulStone]

Neato. I want a pet ice worm.

If only they were bigger, I could train them as evil minions in my bid for world domination!

TFS

[somebody]

i am kind of amazed by those radioactive bacterias, they seem interesting, since we know earth is full of nuclear weapons!

[Tormod]

Originally Posted by somebody

i am kind of amazed by those radioactive bacterias, they seem interesting, since we know earth is full of nuclear weapons!

They were featured as Astronomy Picture of the Day just a few days back.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060122.html

[Jay-qu]

Thats pretty nuts, just shows that life isnt always 'as we know it' - I also dont see why these extremes cant be taken even further in other parts of the universe, I guess we will just have to wait to find out!

[pmaust]

That was pretty cool! Thanks for sharing.