Abstract
In this article, main life sensitive elements involved in life creating processes on earth have been explored. An in-depth study has been made to search out material abundances of all life sensitive elements in the periodic table mainly on earth, celestial bodies like star, binary stars, extra-solar system, extra solar planets and galaxies etc. at large. Extensive review has been made to project how life processes are being triggered in our earth and intakes required for continuous metabolism, mutation, reproducibility etc. Finally on the basis of ideas developed about the life processes on earth, other life chains that may happen to exist on other celestial bodies have been predicted. The constraints and barriers that stand in the way of communications have also been pointed out.
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My thanks go to Prof. B K Chowdhury, for his constant encouragement in this work. I also express my thanks to Prof. S C Dutta and Indian Institute of Chemical Biology. I would also like to acknowledge Sri A K Mukhopadhyay and Sri B Bhattacharyya. I am also indebted particularly to Prof. K Bhattacharyya, Ex. Director of IACS, for his help and encouragement in various ways.
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Sikdar, M.K. Different orders of lives in the universe. Indian J Phys 88, 767–776 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-014-0495-5
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Keywords
- Extra solar planets
- Life sensitive elements
- Atomic elements
- Covalent bond
- Carbon life
- Extra celestial life