Cosmic Megafauna - Could Giant Alien Life Forms Exist?

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Space is big—but could life out there be even bigger? Join us as we ask just how enormous alien life can get—and what it might look like.

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Cosmic Megafauna - Could Giant Alien Life Forms Exist?
Episode 727; June 26, 2025
Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images
Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound
Stellardrone, "Red Giant", "Billions and Billions"

Chapters
0:00 Intro
3:35 The Limits of Size in Biology
7:40 Cosmic Megafauna in Different Environments
8:28 Spaceborne Megafauna: Giant Creatures in the Void
10:18 Could Space Creatures Form Complex Ecosystems?
12:29 Giant Oceanic Creatures: Titans Beneath the Ice
18:23 Fishbowl Starships
19:45 Giants Amid the Clouds: Life Inside Gas Giants
24:53 Terrestrial Kaiju & Sandworms: Monsters on Land
31:01 Megaflora: When the Giants Are Green
34:26 True Cosmic Megafauna: When Worlds and Stars Are Alive
38:14 Final Reflections: Life Without Limits