Space/Science — HabitableZone

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Does anyone know the spectral requirements of chlorophyll?

Can photosynthesis occur in a redder sunlight than Earth's?

Are there any alternatives to chlorophyll currently existing on Earth?

Are any other compounds, natural or artificial, capable of replacing it as a reducing agent for alien life.?

This report is troubling. If there are non-biological sources for O2 then identifying extrasolar life becomes much more problematic.

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