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Re:Astronomers have found a planet like Earth orbiting a sta... by ajuc on Monday June 08, 2020 @09:26AM (#23456275)
Detecting (or not-detecting) life on a planet similar to Earth would be groundbreaking. Currently we know of only 1 instance where life arose, and only 1 planet where it's reasonable to expect it to arise.

If we detect life on Mars or Europa it would likely be related to our own, so that's not an independent data point.

But if we detect that there's definitely life on a planet 3000 light years away, or if we exclude that possibility - that's a massive change in our model of universe, understanding of Fermi paradox and our origins.

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Re:Astronomers have found a planet like Earth orbiting a sta... by JoeAltmaier on Monday June 08, 2020 @09:49AM (#23456447)
Still, life on Earth are of a baffling variety. It seems it rose up in every environment possible for stable carbon.

Yes, I'd like to learn of life elsewhere. But life here is amazing too.

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