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    3 hours ago

    Actually, there’s some contradicting evidence that came up recently-sh. If you factor in the challenge of not being fried by the very incoming light you need, every photosynthesiser is about the right colour for it’s environment.

    By that, alien planets would be coloured depending on their star type, and the ancient cyanobacteria of Earth were probably green too.