00:03Life can be pretty resilient.
00:05For instance, tardigrades can survive being exposed to outer space.
00:08But now scientists think it's possible for some species to exist and flourish in the interiors of stars.
00:14Researchers from the City University of New York are proposing that monopole particles threaded on cosmic strings could form the
00:20basis of stellar life,
00:22similar to the way DNA and RNA form the basis of life on Earth.
00:25A network of cosmic necklaces forming complex three-dimensional structures, like atoms joined in chemical bonds,
00:31might be able to feed off of a star's energy and self-replicate.
00:34It sounds wild, but according to the researchers, it is possible that such a life form could develop intelligence.
00:39Scientists have observed some mysteriously cooling stars out there, which might be the place to look.
00:44The research was published in Letters in High Energy Physics.
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