{"594078":{"#nid":"594078","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"What purple can tell us about life on other planets","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESomewhere in Artist Heaven, the man who gave us \u0026quot;Purple Rain\u0026quot; is smiling. The Purple Earth hypothesis suggests\u0026nbsp;that\u0026nbsp;the single-celled organisms that ruled\u0026nbsp;the planet during its early years may have\u0026nbsp;lent\u0026nbsp;Earth a purple tinge if seen from space.\u0026nbsp;Researchers are now wondering if\u0026nbsp;the theory\u0026nbsp;could help determine the potential for life on\u0026nbsp;recently discovered exoplanets. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/Jennifer_Glass\u0022\u003EJennifer Glass\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/biosci.gatech.edu\/people\/frank-stewart\u0022\u003EFrank Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E, associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences, react to the hypothesis in this latest installment of\u0026nbsp;CNN\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/specials\/health\/colorscope\/\u0022\u003EColorscope\u003C\/a\u003E series.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2017-08-04 17:47:43","changed_gmt":"2017-08-04 18:06:35","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/08\/04\/health\/colorscope-purple\/index.html","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594079":{"id":"594079","type":"image","title":"Jennifer Glass ","body":null,"created":"1501869553","gmt_created":"2017-08-04 17:59:13","changed":"1501869553","gmt_changed":"2017-08-04 17:59:13","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226428","name":"Jennifer Glass .jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jennifer%20Glass%20.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Jennifer%20Glass%20.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8598,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Jennifer%20Glass%20.jpg?itok=OcE3aIvb"}},"594080":{"id":"594080","type":"image","title":"Frank Stewart ","body":null,"created":"1501869631","gmt_created":"2017-08-04 18:00:31","changed":"1501869631","gmt_changed":"2017-08-04 18:00:31","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226429","name":"Frank Stewart.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Frank%20Stewart.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Frank%20Stewart.png","mime":"image\/png","size":132537,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Frank%20Stewart.png?itok=V05NwEIa"}}},"media_ids":["594079","594080"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"79441","name":"jennifer glass"},{"id":"175088","name":"Frank Steward"},{"id":"175089","name":"Purple Earth hypothesis"},{"id":"175090","name":"single-celled organisms"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}