A leading scientist has used an artist to create her vision of extraterrestrial lives.

Jellyfish may be nothing like a Star Trek alien, but Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock reckons this is how an extraterrestrial would look.

Basing her theory on how life began on Earth, she believes the mutants would be large marine-type animals with metallic skins and orange backsides.

They would suck chemicals from the atmosphere and communicate using pulses of light along their spines.

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