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Published online 11 April 2007 |
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| doi:10.1038/news070409-7
Corrected online: 12 April 2007
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Alien plants may come in all colours but blue
Model shows the rainbow of plant life possible in the Universe.
A picnic on a far-flung planet orbiting a red dwarf might involve spreading your blanket on black grass and munching on purple veggies, according to a new model.
Given that we have yet to find bacteria, let alone little green men or purple palms, on any other planet, it might seem slightly ridiculous to spend time working out what colour plants elsewhere in the Universe must be.
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