"The basic assumption of the model is that life should fundamentally and essentially have three properties: metabolism, self-replication, and a bilipid membrane.[3] The metabolic and replication functions together form an autocatalytic subsystem necessary for the basic functions of life, and a membrane encloses this subsystem to separate it from the surrounding environment. Therefore, any system having such properties may be regarded as alive, and it will be subjected to natural selection and contain a self-sustaining cellular information."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemoton

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/he-may-ha...

Jews wouldn’t care either. Don’t know about Muslims, but it’s not threatening to the other Abrahamic religions

A definitive position on the existence of aliens is not part of the Catholic faith.

But, the church admits the possibility and church institutions have done some explorations about what the implications of such contact might be, and how Catholic doctrine might apply to different possibilities.

https://www.catholic.com/qa/whats-the-catholic-position-on-t...

Reminds me of the punch line to an amusing first-contact cartoon, one that makes the (unstated) previous line easy enough to guess: "Yeah, he comes by every couple of years. We gave him a nice box of chocolates when he first visited. What'd you guys do?"