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If we find any life at all on Europa, intelligent or otherwise, it proves that earth is not the only planet with life. It’s an obvious conclusion but if we find
by TaylorAlexander 3y ago
If we find any life at all on Europa, intelligent or otherwise, it proves that earth is not the only planet with life. It’s an obvious conclusion but if we find alien life even in our own solar system that says something about the prevalence of alien life.
- tmountain 3y agoI never thought the expectation was intelligent life. Even the discovery of a single celled organism would be a truly remarkable moment for humanity.
- xeromal 3y agoAgreed. I'd love to find any living thing.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoUnless we later discover it traveled there after an impact event on Earth.
- TaylorAlexander 3y agoI suspect that is extremely unlikely due to the amount of energy required to get from earth to so far out from the sun, but maybe. EDIT: Here is a study of the probability of such a thing. It is indeed very low. https://www.space.com/alien-life-europa-enceladus-second-genesis.html https://www.space.com/alien-life-europa-enceladus-second-gen...