Most Alien Life Is Probably Purple, Here's How We Could Find It

[@cubfanmike]

The purple aspect of alien life was revealed to me, back in 1958, when Sheb Wooley released the record, "Flying, Purple People Eater." The rest is history.

[@janibeg3247]

Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky It had the one long horn, one big eye I commenced to shakin' and I said "ooh-eee" It looks like a purple eater to me…

[@thenaturalmidsouth9536]

He was the principal in Hoosiers....

[@Deletirium]

A respected scientific tome, to be sure.

[@pirobot668beta]

Yet another case of a Documentary mistaken for popular entertainment.

[@cubfanmike]

@@pirobot668beta they are not mutually exclusive

[@blackmennewstyle]

Purple bacteria can also be visible in a lot salt farms here in Thailand as well, if you have the chance to live around Samut Sakhon & Samut Songkram, during the right time of the year, these places are absolutely beautiful when driving around them ❤

[@johngranlund4195]

And the aliens on the other side of the universe are speculating "There are possibly green life and green planets out there"....

[@EnneaIsInterested]

No, because complex forms of life like ours are predicated on high-energy metabolisms, you need to go through a Great Oxygenation Event and not be unalived in the process to have complex body plans, brains, etc.

[@dennisdejong6540]

They probably think green is the most unlikely colour XD. Maybe that safed us so far 😅

[@thingonathinginathing]

It behooves you people to read the UAP Disclosure Amendment Act of 2023

[@Aureonw]

​@@EnneaIsInterestedSo can aliens in the other side of the universe lol

[@bigguy7353]

They're already here, so....

[@Seegster77]

Purple “paradise” planets are pretty common in No Man Sky. Now I know why. Thanks Anton. 👍🏻

[@KatSpicert]

I was thinking the same thing! I've always thought looking at purple planets how "unrealistic" and "unique" they were. It's crazy to think they're unintentionally more realistic than we thought!

[@illegal_space_alien]

We been spending most our lives, living in a purple paradise. Basic photosynthesize, living in our purple paradise. We're mini aliens to find, can you see our purple paradise? It's not Earth, but we don't mind, chillin' in our purple paradise. AAAAAHHHHHHHH...

[@malamstafakhoshnaw6992]

Afxsx

[@peksn]

​@@illegal_space_aliendamn

[@LecherousLizard]

No Man's Sky is that colorful, because the devs thought it'd get boring quickly. There's no way a star could be green or purple, for that matter, and large organisms wouldn't be able to survive with those rudimentary means of energy production that'd turn them purple. In fact, our Sun is pretty much the greenest a star can physically get.

[@MrTubeuser12]

this was actually touched on and explained in the video "life beyond" by melodysheep, well worth the watch .

[@neurocryptic415]

Much more than they get now, indeed

[@caerdwyn7467]

The purple of retinol is what you see if a bright light is shined into your eyes and you see purple spots after.

[@cayk481]

i usually see green or white, not purple

[@notallowedtobehonest2539]

@@cayk481i see green and purple/pink

[@alexandramilos392]

I see white, yellow, green, blue, cyan, purple, magenta/pink and red, not just purple, and it changes where and what color it is over time, like the spot has a color in the middle and then it's surrounded by others in a ring.

[@mykelevangelista6492]

​@@alexandramilos392 Technically, it's rhodopsin (also known as visual purple) that causes your eyes to 'see' bright spots. This is called photobleaching and corrects itself fully in around 30 minutes or so. Retinol is a vitamin (A1) and rhodopsin is a protein.

[@acvproductions]

If i hold my eyes open and focus on something i see purple halos around whatever I'm focusing on

[@loganskiwyse7823]

This is probably standard in the simpler ecosystems, but rare in the more complex versions. Reasoning, in order for complex life to get started it had to undergo multiple near extinction events to put pressure on collaboration of single cell life to survive. Leading eventually to the cells becoming one life form instead of 2 or more single cell. Those events would put pressure on finding alternative food sources which is why we have green plants.

[@mikewlazlinski4309]

That's not precisely true. We have no idea how that specifically happened or happens.

[@loganskiwyse7823]

@@mikewlazlinski4309 it is a shorthanded version of what is considered the most likely theory for the rise of complex life on earth. Although Hypothesis is more accurate.

[@laattardo]

​@@loganskiwyse7823I like the exploration of the idea of, what if we hadn't oxidized? With so many planets with even more having different stars from ours, even if those planets did go through extinction events doesn't mean they would develop chloriform (botched that spelling) and therefore would avoid oxidation. 😊

[@loganskiwyse7823]

@@laattardo you just supported my point actually. As I never said "green" would be the final color or even the current color. Just shows that the entire hypothesis of purple is equally false.

[@laattardo]

@loganskiwyse7823 not quite sure how you can come to such a solid conclusion when we truly have no evidence either way. Just because the only evidence of complex life is what we have here doesn't exclude a different modality for complex life to form.

[@megamushroom]

4:52 good job mentioning archaea!!!

[@jessen00001]

Hello wonderful Anton 😊 One got to love that headline "purple is the new green" ❤😂

[@ferrreira]

Deep Purple Earth would certainly rock hard

[@McPilch]

One might now classify Deep Purple as a Space Rock band then? 😅

[@ferrreira]

@@McPilch well, one of their biggest hits is "Space Truckin'" so…

[@MrDkgio]

“A Hooloovoo is a super-intelligent shade of the color blue.” ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

[@Deletirium]

My favourite D.A. bit was learning to fly. "Just throw yourself at the ground and miss..." Douglas Adams really was a gem - I read just about every book in the "Hitchhiker" series when I was 10 or 11. Had me in stitches. He did absurd, surreal humour very well.

[@GeneFraxby]

"A suffusion of Yellow"

[@BotUsername1234]

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[@euchiron]

Not as catchy sounding as the Purple Nurple Hypothesis, but it'll do in a pinch

[@butters4596]

No longer a hypothesis because I can confirm, it hurts.

[@MyraSeavy]

Everything you say is intriguing, Anton! 😊

[@thingonathinginathing]

Why does he ignore UAP Disclosure????

[@Ireallycantthinkofahandle]

Purple is my favorite color!!

[@kylezo]

I'm actually not super surprised. I have seen bright red algae, bright orange and yellow mosses, purple leaves, all just within in an hour of my town. the colors have always seemed to run the entire spectrum, but the stuff about concentrations of retinal is new to me and so cool to learn

[@logan_wolf]

Oooh, purple's my favorite color. This should be interesting!

[@garethcroson8851]

"...a one eyed, one horned, flying purple people eater..."

[@butters4596]

Sure looks strange to me

[@Jonassoe]

Is it purple and eating people, or does it eat purple people?

[@littleredpony6868]

@@Jonassoethe movie depicts it as purple

[@SRMoore1178]

So aliens are purple, like Thanos. Great.

[@homoblogicus7899]

My mom used to love this song! 💛

[@logan_wolf]

4:28 You know what's hilarious? This was kinda sorta the premise of Pikmin: oxygen was poisonous to Olimar's life form, hence his frantic escape from the planet (implied to be Earth) he crash landed on.

[@megamushroom]

logan wolf ohhhhhhhh

[@m4s0ok4]

Fun part is, purple is not a light emission, there is no frequency of light that represent "purple". It's just a "not green" interpretation of our eyes. Love, thank you for your amazing videos!!

[@Arkie80]

'Purple' is not, but Violet is; as is referenced in the acronym ROYGBIV.

[@roger5059]

​@@Arkie80the violet it refers to is more of a dark blue though, the meaninf of the word has changed. Used to mean the color that violets have, which we now call blue

[@ChrisJones-xd1re]

Any color you could reasonably call purple is composed of red light and blue light. Too much red and blue and you end up with pink; that's why there are no purples that are both deep and bright. Red and infrared is entirely separate to blue; over on the end opposite to blue and "ultraviolet", with orange, yellow and green in between.

[@lindaseel9986]

​@@roger5059 But there are purple Violets in my yard.

[@NexAngelus405]

You're thinking of magenta.

[@raybod1775]

Prince knew, he wrote the song “Purple Rain.”

[@goodluckyoureonyourown3684]

I do have a purple haze on my brain

[@nothosaur]

Were the aliens in Green Lanturn purple?

[@oleran4569]

"One Eyed, One Horned, Flying Purple People Eater"

[@kayakMike1000]

You have dumb ideas.

[@camoTiaras]

​@@oleran4569 ah, 1980's nostalgia and my first computer....

[@Daniel-ys8vx]

1:35 "sometimes referred to as PEHHCH" 😂

[@HupfderFloh]

Sounds Klingon

[@rightcheer5096]

I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one, But I can tell you, anyhow, I’d rather see than be one!

[@KenLieck]

I tried to catch a purple cow It managed to escape me But if it hadn't I'd know how To make my milkshakes grapey...

[@ferd1775]

Oh, a purple cow’s a rare delight, No ordinary moo! It jumps so high, it flies from sight, I’d paint the sky its hue!

[@lewisg7614]

Google milka cow... You will see one..

[@MARILYNANDERSON88]

🐮 Moo!

[@cheebee2659]

I had a horrid girlfriend once I really don't know how She managed to conceal the fact She was a purple cow

[@peterdore2572]

Thanks Anton, for making me Smile 😊

[@jimcurtis9052]

Wonderful as always Anton. Thank you. 🙂

[@Zookeeper.]

Nice Purple Planet you got there.. Would be awesome in Burple too 💓

[@robinkelly1770]

"Be a shame if something turned it green" Interstellar shake down😅😅😅

[@Wispertile]

Blurple. I think Burple is a drink.

[@TheRealPots]

fascinating, thanks for sharing this information with us Anton! 🤓

[@gaylenwoof]

A minor technical clarification: there is no "purple light", as such. Our minds interpret red/blue mix as purple. Since the green gets absorbed, we are left with red/blue waves entering our eyes that are subjectively experienced as purple. So, what astronomers would be looking for is not "purple" as such (although it could appear purple if we could have an optical telescope powerful enough to resolve the disc of a planet at interstellar distances). They'd study the spectrum for the proper ratios of red/blue.

[@johnburnside7828]

It's not easy being green... It's a lot simpler being purple...

[@stephena1196]

and more colourful if that song by Kermit is to be believed.

[@adamcummings20]

This is reminding me of the Purple Alien Gang vs Green Alien Gang trend in GTA Online

[@stephena1196]

@@adamcummings20 I was referring Kermit the Frog from The Muppet Show. I've not played GTA, just ones like Skyrim and, Mount and Blade.

[@adamcummings20]

@@stephena1196 I was replying to the main comment

[@PhuqGoogl]

They're grey 👽

[@Demonic_Tang]

So Terraforming Mars should start with anaerobic bacteria, noted

[@stella-jaz]

​@@squidward5110fuck that lozer lol. The oppertunity to colonize is the only reason im in college. Ill make my ancestors proud

[@GeneFraxby]

Always a pleasure to see Lisa Kaltenegger on a paper - she's fantastic to listen to.

[@curtisdecoste9345]

Otherwise known as PEH. 😂 Anton you got me with that one.

[@_J0N_TAFFER]

I saw a ufo one night coming out of and going back into a purple,white wormhole. I wish i got it on camera i had the feeliing to look up to the sky amd what i did see it briefly i got chills that felt supernaturaul not ur typical ghostly chills. All the hair stood up on my body and i felt like it had wanted me to see it.

[@thingonathinginathing]

It's real. We had an amendment about it and no one talks about it.

[@kovi-kovi-viko]

​@@thingonathinginathing maybe because people are more concerned with what they're going to do tomorrow to keep food on the table than whatever it is the government loves to hide. try convincing anybody about this and preach it, see how many people care and how many don't lmao

[@mojoneko8303]

Did a Smurf come up with this hypothesis? I seriously doubt these purple anaerobic micro organisms would ever evolve into complex organisms but a planet full of Purple Smurfs would be an interesting find. 🙂 Thanks for the video Anton.

[@knickebien1966]

Purple Life was in my brain, lately things don't seem the same

[@Yezpahr]

Earth had a purple phase too, so it makes sense searching for purple planets. If we can resolve it we can reach it, at least until we start using a star as gravitational lens.

[@Snoopyzell]

"Purple is the new green " 😂😂😂😂 beh 😂😂😂 love the humour 💜

[@alecity4877]

PEH*

[@thingonathinginathing]

You guys won't be laughing after UAP Disclosure. 👽🛸👽🛸

[@Sick1982]

Looking forward meeting the Purple Tentacle ❤

[@kastenolsen9577]

Think of Carl Segan's 'Pale Blue Dot' as seen from Voyager. The water and atmosphere.

[@theomnisthour6400]

Purple majesties certainly attract some bodacious mountains, but they don't have much use for fruited plains, I can vouch for that!

[@yvonnemiezis5199]

Always interesting, thanks Anton👍😊

[@michaelsparks6084]

I find this extremely interesting!❤

[@Rishi123456789]

I completely agree with you.

[@flusterzero]

We don't know if aliens exist or not but they're definitely purple

[@donaldcarey114]

Purple haired "female" pro palestinian protesters?

[@thingonathinginathing]

We do know. We made an amendment about it. You can Google it and read it. 65-pages. The UAP Disclosure Amendment.

[@nadinecollins-w7k]

so we are the little green men

[@kitten_processing_inc4415]

I'm glad your channel is doing so well. You're a good egg. Must be working terribly hard though. I hope you take some time off occasionally.

[@alcor4670]

Next question: Can purple planets support multicellular, more complex life?

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

No.Multicelular complex life can only happen with oxygen,which they do not produce.

[@alcor4670]

@@naamadossantossilva4736 I thought so too at first. But if an oxygen-dominant Earth can still harbor anaerobic life, the inverse can also be true: with pockets of oxygen-rich areas in caves or chambers in a planet dominated by CO2 or other gasses. It also wouldn't be impossible for single-celled organisms in such a place to have organelles that're absolutely alien to us, creating its own O2. Most life on Earth didn't produce as much energy now before mitochondria came in and set up shop in our own very distant ancestors. Similar relationships could form in alien life attempting to adapt and thrive in a very different environment. Such life could find ways to come together to create colonies out of differing species or genera, and eventually create multicellular creatures the same way Earth did. In any case, it'd be _very_ interesting to see what we can learn about them -- once we actually *find* alien life.

[@Buddhaspot8]

Purple is nice ❤

[@GetsugaTensho85]

I mean there are quite few plants in my yard that have purplish to red leaves. Yes the actual leaves are that color, I even know of a tree that has the exact same color of leaves and it has them all year round.

[@KathiOsborn]

That explains why purple has always been my favorite color 💜💜💜

[@bricksloth6920]

Charles Sheffield mentioned this concept of rhodopsin being prevalent in alien life in his YA novel "Putting Up Roots"

[@deeznaughtz]

Could we get like a 5 min video on the pink northern lights seen across in North America right now? Why are they pink? Why they even appear? Etc. Love your content Anton ❤

[@richard--s]

Am I the only one imagining the song "Purple life, purple life!"? ;-) For some reason it sounds like "purple rain" ;-)

[@JudicialMaxim]

The words retinol and retina may have similar origins. Never thought about that.

[@c_karis_1]

I'm excited for the time when we can actually study exoplanets in detail and maybe even know what their surface looks like. Exoplanetology is my favorite sub-field of astronomy.

[@endlessdesert3122]

Weren't the earlier vegetations reddish purple in the earlier days of our planet?

[@adamhercik581]

From what I've seen in other videos, the reason why green life dominated was because the Earth conditions were really good, so green life, which is more effective, took the lead.

[@deltacx1059]

Just makes me want to figure out how to genetically engineer purple grass.

[@MrVanillaCaramel]

If purple bacteria had a Cambrian Explosion it would be a very different world here.

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

But how? There would be no free oxygen.

[@MrVanillaCaramel]

@@klausolekristiansen2960 purple bacteria doesn't need oxygen and neither would their multicellular organisms. They would probably be plant-like.

[@denisneubert8013]

Zerg is everywhere!

[@IllegallyAcquiredKIA]

We so lucky to be a Rare Green LifeForm 😁

[@ghoulbby]

Purple > Green. I will welcome our aesthetic friends. Like usual, great video and very interesting content!

[@thingonathinginathing]

They're actually grey 👽

[@โนรีคอกเบิร์น]

Anton, this isnt new. I remember back in the year 1958 Sheb Wooley wrote the song, "purple people eater" as a joke. The lyrics are: Well I saw the thing comin' out of the sky It had the one long horn, and one big eye I commenced to shakin' and I said "Ooh-eee" It looks like a purple people eater to me It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater (One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater) A one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater Sure looks strange to me (one eye?) Well he came down to earth and he laid in the tree I said Mr. Purple People Eater, don't eat me I heard him say in a voice so gruff "I wouldn't eat you 'cause you're so tough" It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater One-eyed, one-horned flyin' purple people eater One-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater Sure looks strange to me (one horn?) I said Mr. Purple People Eater, what's your line? And he said, "Eatin' purple people and it sure is fine" But that's not the reason that I came to land "I wanna get a job in a rock and roll band" Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater (We wear short shorts) Friendly little people eater What a sight to see And then he swung from the tree and he laid on the ground And he started to rock, really rockin' around It was a crazy ditty with a swingin' tune "Sing a bop-bop aboopa-lopa, loom bam-boom" Well bless my soul, rock and roll, flyin' purple people eater Pigeon-toed, undergrowed, flyin' purple people eater "I like short shorts" Flyin' purple people eater Quite a sight to see (purple people?) Well he went on his way, and then what do ya know I saw him last night on a TV show He was blowing it out, a-really knockin' em dead Playin' rock and roll music through the horn in his head

[@rorytribbet6424]

This is literally what we’ve wanted all along, don’t tease me Anton 😂😂

[@philiphumphrey1548]

We only have one example of a planet with life on and it's probably foolish to speculate about life on other planets on that basis. Purple was replaced on Earth by the more efficient chlorophyll, but alien evolution might have come up with entirely different pigment molecules for photosynthesis. We don't know what "solutions" and possibilities earthbound evolution has failed to find.

[@Wicked_Goblin]

So Thanos could exist on Proxima B Awesome news Anton👍👍

[@kevinbarnes3404]

All the others are fake!!! If you don’t hear it from Anton!!! Do not believe it!! ANTON you is the Best out there!! Hands down!!!

[@thingonathinginathing]

What is this, a bot comment? Anton hasn't even acknowledged UAP Disclosure, which is literally the biggest news in human history.

[@AceSpadeThePikachu]

So those old cheesy sci fi B-movies and shows that depicted alien planets as "Vasquez Rocks but with a purple colour filter" might have been on to something? Heck I made a parody skit on my KZbin channel in front of a green screen with Pokemon suits and an Infinity Gauntlet prop with the background just being images of Mars taken by Perseverance put through a bluish colour filter to make everything look purple. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction...and sometimes parody fiction turns out to be more true than anyone expected.

[@kempokiin6280]

But wouldn't the color observed also be influenced/affected by the composition of the exoplanets atmosphere?

[@mael6834]

My granddaughter will love this.

[@altonwilliams17]

Anton sounds so cute when he says "somewhere out there.".....

[@donhansen5677]

L. Ron Hubbard was right when he described planet Psychlo in his novel Battlefield earth. What are the odds?

[@salsung73]

I took a photo of a star and zoomed in on it and it was purple. I wonder 💭 what that means? Have a wonderful day Anton and thank you 🙏 for your videos they are so informative

[@ssenyl]

its actually shimmering with every color you can see if you took that photo inside of our planets atmosphere using only your phone or camera. Thats just an optical effect caused by our atmosphere

[@Chill_Mode_JD]

Purp Earth Sounds like a hot new rap album

[@vapormissile]

The new hybrid strain, lots of CBD

[@Wombatzone31]

To me, this would give an explaination as to where is everyone? We search for planets with characteristics favourable to us, more likely other species are looking for planets with resources and conditions to their species, and our freak rare planet is actually hospitiable to many species.

[@thingonathinginathing]

I think you'll find the 65-page UAP Disclosure Amendment the most interesting document you'll read today.

[@steveDC51]

Brings to mind the writings of Homer where references are often made to to the “wine red sea”. Always puzzled me, perhaps some wonderful person out there can explain.

[@mickec5245]

Most things seem to be represented everywhere from what we can see. Only that we can't see everything and have no clue about what everywhere is.

[@neoclassic09]

In the game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri which is over twenty years old the native quasi fungal life was pink and purple. Interesting

[@gianpaulgraziosi6171]

Beautiful.

[@alecity4877]

Well photosynthetic life.

[@JuanCarlosbarquero-f3e]

Wow! The color Anton used reminds me of the 2019 movie "Color out of Space" with Nicolas Cage

[@UdderlyEvelyn]

Zerg confirmed.

[@pi4313]

Thanos confirmed

[@TonyYeungExe]

So basically we are the ailen (green) compared to the ailen (purple) we thought they were ailens...😱😱

[@libertycowboy2495]

All an alien is, is something where it isn't supposed to be. Think illegal alien. So to the outsiders we would be the aliens if we go there. On their own world, they are not alien

[@fungushoney9958]

Right XD Who would have suspected that if the Little Green Men existed they'd be more likely to come from right here opposed to possibly anywhere else in the known universe (assuming they are a photosynthetic lifeform like I wish humans were, gosh I wish WE were the little green men)

[@AnonymousAnarchist2]

Hey! Ive got another twenty years to build the time machine and FTL drive. Dont be giving away the twist ending yet!

[@robsin2810]

I just knew there was a reason, that I love Purple.

[@MichaelWinter-ss6lx]

DEEP PURPLE is great! Gotta listen to this one.

[@stargazer5784]

You're laaazy, just stay in bed 🎶🎵🎶🎵

[@rozzgrey801]

Space Truckin!

[@chrisborges7344]

I'm sure Jason Jones at Bungie is happy to hear this.

[@CurrentlyBlazed]

Interesting lol There is a purple lady who visits lots of people on DMT trips

[@bsodcat]

A certain Jason Jones of late Bungie Studios would love to hear this.

[@Cyphereus]

Could a multi cellular organism exist using this method of energy consumption or is that highly unlikely?

[@DinsDale-tx4br]

Prince had a song about the rain there.

[@grid462]

Prince origin story eh.. ty Anton.

[@regisdumoulin]

The question is, would such purple life be able to evolve into something more complex than bacteria? Could we have purple trees or grass for instance? As for animal life on such a planet, I believe the absence of oxygen and the high amount of energy oxydation produces would make it somewhat unlikely

[@zaraak323i]

Who's to say that there aren't multitudes of other color planets if green is an unlikely color to develop?

[@jalalsalehofficial]

There is no BLEGH. There is only PEH! 😤🤘

[@stargazer5784]

Meh.

[@igkslife]

I'm going to say it, if other worlds out there has life, then it can be any color it chooses. Especially based on how much light it receives, and how close it is to the star. As well as what chemicals the alien cell uses to photosynthesize with which can determine the coloration of the cell in question. As far as we know a alien planet could look like a unicorn puked all over it. Either that, or look like the after math of taco Tuesday, and smell like it too.

[@cheradenine1980]

The giver of life is purple

[@jemborg]

I saw this mentioned in _The Dragons of Eden_ by Carl Sagan.

[@rbspider]

We've never even seen another planet but now we are looking for purple? How big a scope will this take? What year will we see a planet?

[@josdelijster4505]

thank you liked and shared

[@davidkachel]

Hmmmm.... Purple life in San Francisco?!! Yeah, that makes sense!!! It explains quite a lot!

[@douglaswilkinson5700]

In the '60s there was a club in SF called the Purple Onion.

[@plektosgaming]

I would wager that many of the icy worlds we are finding are in the intermediate stage - frozen over for hundreds of millions of years. As such, aside from the terrible temperatures, they may actually be quite decent for eventual colonization as there would be little to no advanced life present - just endless miles of frozen ground and single celled organisms.