Mono Lake Discovery Raises Questions: Does Extraterrestrial Life Exist? (POLL)

The discovery of a new form of bacteria that lives off arsenic in California's Mono Lake has led many to speculate about the existence extraterrestrial life forms.

The New York Daily News reports:

In a bombshell that upends long-held assumptions about the basic building blocks of life, scientists have discovered a a whole new type of creature: a microbe that can live on arsenic. It is unlike every other lifeform on the planet - from the simplest plant to the most complex mammal

What do you think? Does this discovery change anything? Do you think extraterrestrial life exists? Weigh in below!

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Comments

[Wyatt Phoebe]

02:23 PM on 12/08/2010

Even before all of this if you thought that Earth holds the only form of intelligent life, I wouldn't take you seriously. If you honestly believe that the government has nothing to hide you are in denial.

[BestFunnyBlog]

02:39 PM on 12/03/2010

Just because we discovered bacteria can live off what is poisonous to humans does not prove the existence of ETs..

http://www.bestfunnyblog.com/funny-pictures/nasa-discovers-form-life/

[obaasima]

07:55 PM on 12/05/2010

I think it would be unbelievably selfish of us to think that Earth is the only planet with living things given the incredible and unimaginable massiveness of the universe. One day, we shall discover.

[JavaJuice]

06:13 AM on 12/03/2010

I vote for none of the above. This discovery doesn't prove either way that life exists off this planet or not. Its a discovery of new life form on planet Earth. That is all.

[James Brown]

12:58 PM on 12/03/2010

Java - How could you manage to use the words "new life form" and "That is all" in the same paragraph without having your head explode???

[dbmetzger]

11:23 PM on 12/02/2010

Discovery Opens Door to Search for Alien Life
NASA scientists have discovered a new form of life on Earth that raises the chances of alien biology having evolved on other planets. The discovery occurred at Mono Lake in California. http://www.newslook.com/videos/271281-discovery-opens-door-to-search-for-alien-life?autoplay=true

[strangegal]

05:34 PM on 12/02/2010

prolific peripatetic playwright larry myers is off for noel junket to mono lake in northern california

dr myers-- theater expert -- wrote "flying saucers landingat your local yard sale" and
"extraterrestrial calligraphy"

this dramatic arts dude goes where the action is

[Racy Tracy]

04:41 PM on 12/02/2010

Really does not matter if we have discovered Extraterestrial life. It is written that the world as we know it will come to an end in the year 2012 at which time the Oceans of the World will swallow up all of mankind and everything else on this planet. The earth is 2/3 water and this will become a massive flood which will end life here on earth as we know it. You can see the end coming right now around the world with all the tsunames, tornados, cyclones, hurricanes , tidle waves, earthquakes and flooding with thousands of humans perishing. Say your prayers now before it is too late.

[JavaJuice]

06:12 AM on 12/03/2010

Misunderstanding the Mayan Calendar to rationalize the Christian end times is ironic and creepy.

[James Brown]

01:00 PM on 12/03/2010

Science is finding new forms of life and you cling to beliefs that would make a child gasp.