> The distance to the closest galaxy, Andromeda, is 2.537 million light years There are many (smaller) galaxies much closer than Andromeda: https://en.wikipedi

> The distance to the closest galaxy, Andromeda, is 2.537 million light years There are many (smaller) galaxies much closer than Andromeda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_galaxies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_galaxies There's no reason life would only emerge in large galaxies.