La vida imaginada

An experimental journey through the possible forms of life existing in the dizzying variety of exoplanets or worlds beyond our own solar system. Those ways of life go far beyond the usual stereotypes of little green men, E.T. and other aliens that populate cinema and literature. The authors reveal that a virtually infinite variety of living organisms could exist on the thousands of newly discovered exoplanets that share our universe, including some that exceed our current understanding of what the word "life" means. It is estimated that there could be a trillion exoplanets in the Milky Way alone: huge, gaseous, molten planets, made up mostly of water, with multiple suns, and life on them could be of unimaginable diversity. This book is not pure fantasy, however: the authors build on what we already know from science and use that information to formulate hypotheses about how, where, and what kinds of life might develop elsewhere. An essential book for all those who are curious about the new realities of our universe, which could be more incredible than fiction itself.