• kool_newt@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    “If I had another planet and I knew what its star was like, could I guess what photosynthetic life might look like?” he asked. In the code of his model — which is publicly available — there is an option to do exactly that with any selected spectrum.

    Nice, we could predict the color of alien plants.

    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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      2 years ago

      On a per star and planet basis, since different stars and atmospheres would generate different availabile spectrums.

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    2 years ago

    I can’t really copy it out in here, as I’m on mobile, but check out the comment section. There’s quite a few biologically inclined people raising some concerns about the article.