Alien Life May Munch on Galactic Cosmic Rays: Extreme microbes that live in hostile places on Earth may feed off of cosmic rays that zip through space, according to a study of a bizarre bacterium thriving deep in a dark gold mine. If life exists on other planets such as Mars, it too could be gobbling up cosmic rays in order to survive, the new study suggests. Read the full … [Read more...] about Alien Life May Munch on Galactic Cosmic Rays