Image simulating living creatures on the planet near red dwarfs

Scientists use the results of harsh living conditions research on distant planets to sketch the true shape of alien creatures.

Based on the study of environmental conditions on planets around the red dwarf system, Dr. Brian Choo of the Biology School at Flinders University, Australia, collaborated with painter Steve Grice to create a series of 3D tissue images. Describing the true shape of plants and animals that live on these planets, Mirror yesterday reported.

Alien creatures must have a different shape to withstand harsh environmental conditions.(Photo: Steve Grice / Sketchfab).

With a hard shell like iron armor, transparent skin and claws, illustrations from Dr. Choo's group published in Sketchfab magazine are far different from the green alien image, big head and protruding eyes that people often imagine.

While humans develop in the solar system, smaller red dwarf systems can reveal how life takes place outside Earth. Last week, astronomers spotted 7 planets of the same size as the Earth around the Trappist-1 dwarf in the constellation Aquarius. They argue that many planets in this system may exist, but the life forms there will develop in a way quite different from ours.

Animals live on red dwarf systems with armor to protect the body.(Photo: Steve Grice / Sketchfab).

Dr. Choo, who studies the impact of environmental factors on species, thinks that alien creatures need thick armor and skins to protect their bodies from the sun and wind. Most alien plants need to grow near the ground, between rocks and cracks.

Because red dwarfs emit much less radiation and light than the Sun, some life forms may need to develop transparent skin to obtain the maximum amount of light.

Most alien plants grow close to the ground.(Photo: Steve Grice / Sketchfab).

"This strange creature feeds on plants that grow low like lichen and burrows to live. The ground-crawling body and armor cover allow them to withstand storms and winds that sweep the surface. The tail is like paddles and fin markings remain from the larval stage of water in the cold lakes on the edge of the melting glacier , " Dr. Choo describes.