Off topic, but I've always thought it would be really cool if something like a fungus evolved that fed off solar radiation. This fungus could convert the energy from radiation into matter/molecules for itself to grow. It would then grow off the planet into space and eventually surround that planet's sun, at a safe distance of course. A similar fungus has evolved on Earth that lives inside the Chernobyl reactor and uses the radiation for energy.
The thing is, this fungus would be arguably much more successful than humans.
Haha yeah. The Chernobyl one I understand, because it works similar to photosynthesis. I have no idea how the energy to matter conversion could be done in such a way as to not destroy the organism, but it has to be possible somehow. Nature always finds a way.
The thing is, this fungus would be arguably much more successful than humans.