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terms the likelihood of finding life at each specific celestial body, as it is known which features are beneficial and harmful for life. Astronomy and telescopes also improved to the point exoplanets can be confirmed and even studied, increasing the number of search places. Life may still exist elsewhere in the Solar System in unicellular form, but the advances in spacecraft allow to send robots to study samples in situ, with tools of growing complexity and reliability. Although no extraterrestrial life has been found and life may still be just a rarity from Earth, there are scientific reasons to suspect that it can exist elsewhere, and technological advances that may detect it if it does.
2416: 1484: 226: 10276: 1679: 2237:. This theory provided the mathematics that explains the motions of all things in the universe, including planetary orbits. By this point, the geocentric model was definitely discarded. By this time, the use of the scientific method had become a standard, and new discoveries were expected to provide evidence and rigorous mathematical explanations. Science also took a deeper interest in the mechanics of natural phenomena, trying to explain not just the way nature works but also the reasons for working that way. 2396: 11505: 10258: 11798: 11469: 9990: 2281: 2727: 11810: 1271: 1981: 2405: 11837: 10267: 11873: 1801: 10002: 11849: 11493: 11481: 1148:. So far no alternative process to achieve such a result has been conceived, even if hypothetical. Evolution requires life to be divided into individual organisms, and no alternative organisation has been satisfactorily proposed either. At the basic level, membranes define the limit of a cell, between it and its environment, while remaining partially open to exchange energy and resources with it. 11861: 1196:, as an ecosystem sustained by black smokers or hydrothermal vents would have less energy available than those sustained by a star's light and heat, and so its lifeforms would not grow beyond a certain complexity. There is also research in assessing the capacity of life for developing intelligence. It has been suggested that this capacity arises with the number of potential 1416:. With the study of Earth's life, the only known form of life, astrobiology seeks to study how life starts and evolves and the requirements for its continuous existence. This helps to determine what to look for when searching for life in other celestial bodies. This is a complex area of study, and uses the combined perspectives of several scientific disciplines, such as 1128:. Extraterrestrial life may still be stuck using RNA, or evolve into other configurations. It is unclear if our biochemistry is the most efficient one that could be generated, or which elements would follow a similar pattern. However, it is likely that, even if cells had a different composition to those from Earth, they would still have a 1036:, or a close analog, such an element should be able to bind its atoms with many others, creating complex and stable molecules. It should be able to create at least three covalent bonds; two for making long strings and at least a third to add new links and allow for diverse information. Only nine elements meet this requirement: 1314:, the surface is the hottest in the Solar System, sulfuric acid clouds, all surface liquid water is lost, and it has a thick carbon-dioxide atmosphere with huge pressure. Comparing both helps to understand the precise differences that lead to beneficial or harmful conditions for life. And despite the conditions against 1397:
with different biochemistry, but the cold temperatures would make such chemistry take place at a very slow pace. Water is rock-solid on the surface, but Titan does have a subsurface water ocean like several other moons. However, it is of such a great depth that it would be very difficult to access it
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paired with extreme temperatures, lack of water, and much more that can lead to conditions that don't seem to favor the creation or maintenance of extraterrestrial life. However, there has been much historical evidence that some of the earliest and most basic forms of life on Earth originated in some
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to local characteristics of the planet, and that it is unlikely that all such requirements are simultaneously met by another planet. The proponents of this hypothesis consider that very little evidence suggests the existence of extraterrestrial life, and that at this point it is just a desired result
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is complex and defined by several factors. Being in the habitable zone is not enough for a planet to be habitable, not even to actually have such liquid water. Venus is located in the habitable zone of the Solar System but does not have liquid water because of the conditions of its atmosphere. Jovian
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that would eventually create rocky planets like Earth. Although Earth was in a molten state after its birth and may have burned any organics that fell in it, it would have been more receptive once it cooled down. Once the right conditions on Earth were met, life started by a chemical process known as
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has communicated scientific ideas, imagined a range of possibilities, and influenced public interest in and perspectives on extraterrestrial life. One shared space is the debate over the wisdom of attempting communication with extraterrestrial intelligence. Some encourage aggressive methods to try to
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thought that the processes that created the world, its animals and plants should have created other worlds elsewhere, along with their own animals and plants. Aristotle thought instead that all the earth element naturally fell towards the center of the universe, and that would made it impossible for
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A group of scientists at Cornell University started a catalog of microorganisms, with the way each one reacts to sunlight. The goal is to help with the search for similar organisms in exoplanets, as the starlight reflected by planets rich in such organisms would have a specific spectrum, unlike that
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and ecosystems hosted by extraterrestrial bodies, extraterrestrial life can seem more speculation than reality, due to the harsh conditions and disparate chemical composition of the atmospheres, when compared to the life-abundant Earth. However, there are many extreme and chemically harsh ecosystems
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About 1/4 of stars are GK Sun-like stars. The number of stars in the galaxy is not accurately known, but assuming 200 billion stars in total, the Milky Way would have about 50 billion Sun-like (GK) stars, of which about 1 in 5 (22%) or 11 billion would be Earth-sized in the habitable
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is of interest to astrobiology, not because of the origin of life on Earth, but for the chances of a similar process taking place in other celestial bodies. Many aspects of life, from its definition to its chemistry, are analyzed as either likely to be similar in all forms of life across the cosmos
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influenced the popular perception over the real-life topic, making people eager to jump to conclusions about the discovery of aliens. Science marched at a slower pace, some discoveries fueled expectations and others dashed excessive hopes. For example, with the advent of telescopes, most structures
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There was very little actual discussion about extraterrestrial life before this point, as the Aristotlean ideas remained influential while geocentrism was still accepted. When it was finally proved wrong, it not only meant that Earth was not the center of the universe, but also that the lights seen
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for this, as it can manage large amounts of data and is devoid of biases and preconceptions. Besides, even if there is an advanced extraterrestrial civilization, there is no guarantee that it is transmitting radio communications in the direction of Earth. The length of time required for a signal to
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processes which allow organisms to utilize energy through reduced chemical compounds that fix carbon. In return, these reactions will allow for organisms to live in relatively low oxygenated environments while maintaining enough energy to support themselves. The early Earth environment was reducing
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and meeting the much colder oceanic water. Even in today's world, there can be a diverse population of bacteria found inhabiting the area surrounding these hydrothermal vents which can suggest that some form of life can be supported even in the harshest of environments like the other planets in the
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it is carbon and in the atmosphere, it is carbon and nitrogen. Silicon, however, has disadvantages over carbon. The molecules formed with silicon atoms are less stable, and more vulnerable to acids, oxygen, and light. An ecosystem of silicon-based lifeforms would require very low temperatures, high
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has an office for the study of "non-identified aero spatial phenomena". The agency is maintaining a publicly accessible database of such phenomena, with over 1600 detailed entries. According to the head of the office, the vast majority of entries have a mundane explanation; but for 25% of entries,
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was completed. Under this new understanding, the notion of extraterrestrial life became feasible: if Earth is but just a planet orbiting around a star, there may be planets similar to Earth elsewhere. The astronomical study of distant bodies also proved that physical laws are the same elsewhere in
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process can start within a gaseous or solid medium: the atom speeds, either too fast or too slow, make it difficult for specific ones to meet and start chemical reactions. A liquid medium also allows the transport of nutrients and substances required for metabolism. Sufficient quantities of carbon
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Many scientists are optimistic about the chances of finding alien life. In the words of SETI's Frank Drake, "All we know for sure is that the sky is not littered with powerful microwave transmitters". Drake noted that it is entirely possible that advanced technology results in communication being
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yet and based their ideas on pure thought and speculation, but they developed precursor ideas to it, such as that explanations had to be discarded if they contradict observable facts. The discussions of those Greek scholars established many of the pillars that would eventually lead to the idea of
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proposes that a civilization may eventually start consuming energy directly from its local star. This would require giant structures built next to it, called Dyson spheres. Those speculative structures would cause an excess infrared radiation, that telescopes may notice. The infrared radiation is
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Mars landers reported gas emissions from heated Martian soil samples that some scientists argue are consistent with the presence of living microorganisms. Lack of corroborating evidence from other experiments on the same samples suggests that a non-biological reaction is a more likely hypothesis.
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authors created bizarre aliens, clearly distinct from humans. A usual way to do that was to add body features from other animals, such as insects or octopuses. Costuming and special effects feasibility alongside budget considerations forced films and TV series to tone down the fantasy, but these
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By the 21st century, it was accepted that multicellular life in the Solar System can only exist on Earth, but the interest in extraterrestrial life increased regardless. This is a result of the advances in several sciences. The knowledge of planetary habitability allows to consider on scientific
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demonstrated that even in modern times, humanity could be profoundly influenced in its search for extraterrestrial life by subtle and comforting archetypal ideas which are largely derived from firmly held religious, philosophical and existential belief systems. On a positive note, however, Beck
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engaged in medieval thought experiments that postulated the plurality of worlds. However, those ideas about other worlds were different from the current knowledge about the structure of the universe, and did not postulate the existence of planetary systems other than the Solar System. When those
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and beyond, the atmospheres are most likely reducing or with very low oxygen levels, especially when compared with Earth's atmosphere. If there were the necessary elements and ions on these planets, the same carbon fixing, reduced chemical compounds occurring around hydrothermal vents could also
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stars with planets orbiting them in the observable universe. Even if it is assumed that only one out of a billion of these stars has planets supporting life, there would be some 6.25 billion life-supporting planetary systems in the observable universe. A 2013 study based on results from the
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have an "Earth-sized" planet in the habitable zone, with the nearest expected to be within 12 light-years distance from Earth. Assuming 200 billion stars in the Milky Way, that would be 11 billion potentially habitable Earth-sized planets in the Milky Way, rising to 40 billion if
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also have subsurface oceans, but life is less likely in them because water is sandwiched between layers of solid ice. Europa would have contact between the ocean and the rocky surface, which helps the chemical reactions. It may be difficult to dig so deep in order to study those oceans, though.
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or "Goldilocks zone", where water may be at the right temperature to exist in liquid form at a planetary surface. This area is neither too close to the star, where water would become steam, nor too far away, where water would be frozen as a rock. However, although useful as an approximation,
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may have been possible. But when the planetary core ceased to generate a magnetic field, solar winds removed the atmosphere and the planet became vulnerable to solar radiation. Ancient lifeforms may still have left fossilised remains, and microbes may still survive deep underground.
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Cosmic pluralism, the plurality of worlds, or simply pluralism, describes the philosophical belief in numerous "worlds" in addition to Earth, which might harbor extraterrestrial life. The earliest recorded assertion of extraterrestrial human life is found in ancient scriptures of
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or acidic hot springs as some of the first places that life could have originated on Earth. These environments can be considered extreme when compared to the typical ecosystems that the majority of life on Earth now inhabit, as hydrothermal vents are scorching hot due to the
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or only native to Earth. Astrobiology, however, remains constrained by the current lack of extraterrestrial lifeforms to study, as all life on Earth comes from the same ancestor, and it is hard to infer general characteristics from a group with a single example to analyse.
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as well. The challenge for this search is that there are natural sources of such signals as well, such as gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, and the difference between a natural signal and an artificial one would be in its specific patterns. Astronomers intend to use
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provided close images of Mars, which debunked forever the idea of the existence of Martians and decreased the previous expectations of finding alien life in general. The end of the spontaneous generation belief forced to investigate the origin of life. Although
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The Solar System has a wide variety of planets, dwarf planets, and moons, and each one is studied for its potential to host life. Each one has its own specific conditions that may benefit or harm life. So far, the only lifeforms found are those from Earth. No
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may be another technosignature, as multiple lights on the night side of a rocky planet can be a sign of advanced technological development. However, modern telescopes are not strong enough to study exoplanets with the required level of detail to perceive it.
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compiled information about it, part of which was translated by Islamic scholars and thus survived the end of the Library. Baghdad combined the knowledge of the Greeks, the Indians, the Chinese and its own scholars, and the knowledge expanded through the
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by proposing that the planets revolve around the sun rather than Earth. His proposal had little acceptance at first because, as he kept the assumption that orbits were perfect circles, his model led to as many inaccuracies as the geocentric one.
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The extrasolar planets so far discovered range in size from that of terrestrial planets similar to Earth's size to that of gas giants larger than Jupiter. The number of observed exoplanets is expected to increase greatly in the coming years. The
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that considered that the sun and all other celestial bodies revolve around Earth. However, they did not consider them as worlds. In Greek understanding, the world was composed by both Earth and the celestial objects with noticeable movements.
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had in 1977 discussed for a year strategies for interacting with extraterrestrial life or intelligence. The discussion ended without any conclusions. As of 2010, the UN lacks response mechanisms for the case of an extraterrestrial contact.
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further argued that even if the search for extraterrestrial life proves to be unsuccessful, the endeavor itself could have beneficial consequences by assisting humanity in its attempt to actualize superior ways of living here on Earth.
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One of the NASA divisions is the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance (OSMA), also known as the Planetary Protection Office. A part of its mission is to "rigorously preclude backward contamination of Earth by extraterrestrial life."
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strove to elevate the level of public discourse on the topic of extraterrestrial life by tracing the evolution of philosophical thought over the centuries from ancient times into the modern era. His review of the contributions made by
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McKay, David S.; Gibson, Everett K. Jr.; Thomas-Keprta, Kathie L.; Vali, Hojatollah; Romanek, Christopher S.; et al. (August 1996). "Search for Past Life on Mars: Possible Relic Biogenic Activity in Martian Meteorite ALH84001".
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Although the idea of extraterrestrial peoples became feasible once astronomy developed enough to understand the nature of planets, they were not thought of as being any different from humans. Having no scientific explanation for the
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extreme environments that seem unlikely to have harbored life at least at one point in Earth's history. Fossil evidence as well as many historical theories backed up by years of research and studies have marked environments like
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must be broken by a source of energy. The traditional sources of energy in the cosmos are the stars, such as for life on Earth, which depends on the energy of the sun. However, there are other alternative energy sources, such as
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took place thousands of millions of years after the origin of life, and its causes are not fully known yet. On the other hand, the jump to multicellularity took place several times, which suggests that it could be a case of
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On the other hand, other scientists are pessimistic. Jacques Monod wrote that "Man knows at last that he is alone in the indifferent immensity of the universe, whence which he has emerged by chance". In 2000, geologist and
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were the first to consider that the universe is inherently understandable and rejected explanations based on supernatural incomprehensible forces, such as the myth of the Sun being pulled across the sky in the chariot of
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seen on the Moon or Mars were immediately attributed to Selenites or Martians, and later ones (such as more powerful telescopes) revealed that all such discoveries were natural features. A famous case is the
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that will eventually form planets. An older star such as the Sun would have no natural reason to have excess infrared radiation. The presence of heavy elements in a star's light-spectrum is another potential
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The Drake equation has proved controversial since, although it is written as a math equation, none of its values were known at the time. Although some values may eventually be measured, others are based on
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is the only celestial body in the Solar System besides Earth that has liquid bodies on the surface. It has rivers, lakes, and rain of hydrocarbons, methane, and ethane, and even a cycle similar to Earth's
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carried out in some way other than conventional radio transmission. At the same time, the data returned by space probes, and giant strides in detection methods, have allowed science to begin delineating
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in the sky were not just lights, but physical objects. The notion that life may exist in them as well soon became an ongoing topic of discussion, although one with no practical ways to investigate.
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orbiter. The low-resolution photos showed a rock formation that resembled a human face, but later spacecraft took photos in higher detail that showed that there was nothing special about the site.
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atom makes it the element most likely to provide solutions, even exotic solutions, to the problems of survival of life on other planets. However, he also considered that the conditions found on
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exists or has ever existed within the Solar System. Astrobiologist Mary Voytek points out that it would be unlikely to find large ecosystems, as they would have already been detected by now.
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of starlight reflected from lifeless planets. If Earth was studied from afar with this system, it would reveal a shade of green, as a result of the abundance of plants with photosynthesis.
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are universal, which means that the forces that would facilitate or prevent the existence of life would be the same ones as on Earth. According to this argument, made by scientists such as
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Since the mid-20th century, active research has taken place to look for signs of extraterrestrial life, encompassing searches for current and historic extraterrestrial life, and a narrower
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rather than water has been suggested as an alternative, though this solvent appears less suitable than water. It is also conceivable that there are forms of life whose solvent is a liquid
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of each specific star influences the local habitability. The type of star also defines the time the habitable zone will exist, as its presence and limits will change along with the star's
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for the heliocentric model, which was considered heretical, and forced to recant it. The best-known early-modern proponent of ideas of extraterrestrial life was the Italian philosopher
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The apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilisations and the lack of evidence for such civilisations is known as the
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warned in 2010 that humans should not try to contact alien life forms. He warned that aliens might pillage Earth for resources. "If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when
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It is unclear if life and intelligent life are ubiquitous in the cosmos or rare. The hypothesis of ubiquitous extraterrestrial life relies on three main ideas. The first one, the
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are examples of life forming under difficult circumstances, provide parallels to the extreme environments on other planets and support the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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considers that convergent evolution would lead to kingdoms similar to our plants and animals, and that many features are likely to develop in alien animals as well, such as
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a planet contains, and that the complexity of life itself is reflected in the information density of planetary environments, which in turn can be computed from its niches.
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was a good idea; one result was a statement, signed by many, that a "worldwide scientific, political and humanitarian discussion must occur before any message is sent".
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In February 2005 NASA scientists reported they may have found some evidence of extraterrestrial life on Mars. The two scientists, Carol Stoker and Larry Lemke of NASA's
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estimates 700 objects >10 solar masses (roughly the mass of Mars) per main-sequence star between 0.08 and 1 Solar mass, of which there are billions in the Milky Way.
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life is common. Ward and Brownlee are open to the idea of evolution on other planets that is not based on essential Earth-like characteristics such as DNA and carbon.
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is the more accepted theory, a number of authors reclaimed the term "panspermia" and proposed that life was brought to Earth from elsewhere. Some of those authors are
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The aspects of these harsh environments that make them ideal for the origin of life on Earth, as well as the possibility of creation of life on other planets, is the
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itself, the capacity to avoid damage/decay, and the capacity to acquire and process resources in support of the first two capacities. Life on Earth started with an
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authors talk about other worlds, they talk about places located at the center of their own systems, and with their own stellar vaults and cosmos surrounding them.
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within the habitable zones of their stars. Since 1992, over four thousand exoplanets have been discovered (7,026 planets in 4,949 planetary systems including 1007
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flew inside one of these, but could not make a full study because NASA did not expect this phenomenon and did not equip the probe to study ocean water. Still,
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For the purpose of this 1 in 5 statistic, "habitable zone" means the region with 0.25 to 4 times Earth's stellar flux (corresponding to 0.5–2 AU for the Sun).
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hypothesis claim that aliens would have visited Earth in antiquity and prehistoric times but people would have failed to understand it by then. Most UFOs or
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to happen there. The second is that the chemical elements that make up life, such as carbon and water, are ubiquitous in the universe. The third is that the
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did: orbits were not perfect circles, but ellipses. This knowledge benefited the Copernican model, which worked now almost perfectly. The invention of the
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there was little thought about the conditions of each celestial body: it was simply assumed that life would thrive anywhere. This theory was disproved by
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suggest that a random universe capable of supporting life is likely to be just barely able to do so, giving a potential explanation to the Fermi paradox.
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rover on Mars. It is designed to assess the past and present habitability on Mars using a variety of scientific instruments. The rover landed on Mars at
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Kwok, Sun; Zhang, Yong (26 October 2011). "Mixed aromatic–aliphatic organic nanoparticles as carriers of unidentified infrared emission features".
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Georgieva, Magdalena N.; Little, Crispin T.S.; Maslennikov, Valeriy V.; Glover, Adrian G.; Ayupova, Nuriya R.; Herrington, Richard J. (June 2021).
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wrote that there was no means to prove the stars were not inhabited by "intelligent creatures", but their existence was a matter of speculation.
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maintains that life on Earth is possible because of a series of factors that range from the location in the galaxy and the configuration of the
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Horowitz, N.H. (1986). Utopia and Back and the search for life in the solar system. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company. ISBN 0-7167-1766-2
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through the mass media. The public interest in extraterrestrial life and the lack of discoveries by mainstream science led to the emergence of
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Drake's proposed estimates are as follows, but numbers on the right side of the equation are agreed as speculative and open to substitution:
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Whitmire, Daniel P.; Wright, David P. (April 1980). "Nuclear waste spectrum as evidence of technological extraterrestrial civilizations".
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spacecraft estimated that the Milky Way contains at least as many planets as it does stars, resulting in 100–400 billion exoplanets.
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Although most searches are focused on the biology of extraterrestrial life, an extraterrestrial intelligence capable enough to develop a
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The science fiction genre, although not so named during the time, developed during the late 19th century. The expansion of the genre of
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other planets to exist elsewhere. Under that reasoning, Earth was not only in the center, it was also the only planet in the universe.
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Although the giant planets themselves are highly unlikely to have life, there is much hope to find it on moons orbiting these planets.
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Even if extraterrestrial life is based on carbon and uses water as a solvent, like Earth life, it may still have a radically different
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Wang, Zhi-Wei; Braunstein, Samuel L. (2023). "Sciama's argument on life in a random universe and distinguishing apples from oranges".
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JĂžrgensen, Jes K.; Favre, CĂ©cile; Bisschop, Suzanne E.; Bourke, Tyler L.; van Dishoeck, Ewine F.; Schmalzl, Markus (September 2012).
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in Spain. NASA officials soon distanced NASA from the scientists' claims, and Stoker herself backed off from her initial assertions.
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The scientific search for extraterrestrial life is being carried out both directly and indirectly. As of September 2017, 3,667
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instead. Almost all of the planets detected so far are within the Milky Way, but there have also been a few possible detections of
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The concept of extraterrestrial life, and particularly extraterrestrial intelligence, has had a major cultural impact, especially
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We must regard it as probably to the highest degree that there are countless seed-bearing meteoritic stones moving through space.
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It is common knowledge that the conditions on other planets in the solar system, in addition to the many galaxies outside of the
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Callahan, M.P.; Smith, K.E.; Cleaves, H.J.; Ruzica, J.; Stern, J.C.; Glavin, D.P.; House, C.H.; Dworkin, J.P. (11 August 2011).
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wrote in 1440 that Earth is "a brilliant star" like other celestial objects visible in space; which would appear similar to the
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in the 19th century. Popular belief in thriving alien civilisations elsewhere in the solar system still remained strong until
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that serve as building blocks of life may be generated within asteroids and comets. In October 2011, scientists reported that
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Life on Earth is quite ubiquitous across the planet and has adapted over time to almost all the available environments in it,
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and its relation to other species, there was no reason to expect them to be any other way. This was changed by the 1859 book
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Real-life events sometimes captivate people's imagination and this influences the works of fiction. For example, during the
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Is Mars Habitable? A Critical Examination of Professor Lowell's Book "Mars and Its Canals," With an Alternative Explanation
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speculates about the existence of sapient life elsewhere in the universe. The science of extraterrestrial life is known as
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Cassan, A.; et al. (11 January 2012). "One or more bound planets per Milky Way star from microlensing observations".
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stated that the probability of detecting life in outer space is "quite large". But he disagrees with his former colleague
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The modern concept of extraterrestrial life is based on assumptions that were not commonplace during the early days of
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used to be quite abundant, forming rivers, lakes, and perhaps even oceans. Mars may have been habitable back then, and
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contact intelligent extraterrestrial life. Others – citing the tendency of technologically advanced human societies to
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on other worlds, and to confirm that at least other planets are plentiful, though aliens remain a question mark. The
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and are not knowable by their very nature. This does not allow one to make noteworthy conclusions from the equation.
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One sign that a planet probably already contains life is the presence of an atmosphere with significant amounts of
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Other authors consider instead that life in the cosmos, or at least multicellular life, may be actually rare. The
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The Inner Limits of Outer Space: A Psychologist Critiques Our Efforts to Communicate With Extraterrestrial Beings
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Speculation about life on Mars increased in the late 19th century, following telescopic observation of apparent
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The evolution from simple cells to eukaryotes, and from them to multicellular lifeforms, is not guaranteed. The
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The Greek ideas and the disputes between atomists and Aristotelians outlived the fall of the Greek empire. The
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that aliens may be similar to humans. The planetary context would also have an influence: a planet with higher
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travel across space means that a potential answer may arrive decades or centuries after the initial message.
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The possibility of extraterrestrials remained a widespread speculation as scientific discovery accelerated.
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who stated that there are contacts between an advanced alien civilisation and some of Earth's governments.
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also considers a wide range of other factors in determining the suitability of a planet for hosting life.
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Marcq, Emmanuel; Mills, Franklin P.; Parkinson, Christopher D.; Vandaele, Ann Carine (30 November 2017).
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who thought that those elements were exclusive of Earth and that the cosmos was made of a fifth one, the
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Ailleris, Philippe (January–February 2011). "The lure of local SETI: Fifty years of field experiments".
5288: 2497:, and others. Astrobiology studies life from Earth as well, but with a cosmic perspective. For example, 11827: 11551: 9808: 9187: 9028: 8746: 8668: 4873: 2762: 2522: 2218:, who argued in the 16th century for an infinite universe in which every star is surrounded by its own 2048: 1707: 419: 17: 9483: 5435: 4801: 3550: 2292:– which soon, however, turned out to be optical illusions. Despite this, in 1895, American astronomer 37:
This article is about any kind of extraterrestrial life. For aliens with human-like intelligence, see
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The Biological Universe: The Twentieth Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate and the Limits of Science
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detected complex organic molecules, salts, evidence of hydrothermal activity, hydrogen, and methane.
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on Earth that do support forms of life and are often hypothesized to be the origin of life on Earth.
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is populated by alien life. Other scholars of the period who championed "cosmic pluralism" included
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extraterrestrial life, such as Earth being round and not flat. The cosmos was first structured in a
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or destroy less advanced societies – argue it may be dangerous to actively draw attention to Earth.
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The science that searches and studies life in the universe, both on Earth and elsewhere, is called
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Demets, René (October 2012). "Darwin's Contribution to the Development of the Panspermia Theory".
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that was likely similar to Earth in its early stages and developed in a different way. There is a
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Speculation about the possibility of inhabited worlds beyond Earth dates back to antiquity. Early
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is a cold and almost airless desert, inhospitable to life. However, recent studies revealed that
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Contact with Alien Civilizations â€“ Our Hopes and Fears about Encountering Extraterrestrials
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Sf2A-2013: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Cross, Anne (2004). "The Flexibility of Scientific Rhetoric: A Case Study of UFO Researchers".
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Some major international efforts to search for extraterrestrial life, clockwise from top left:
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writers discussed the idea of a "plurality of worlds" as proposed by earlier thinkers such as
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The extraterrestrial life debate, antiquity to 1915: a source book/edited by Michael J. Crowe
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The extraterrestrial life debate, antiquity to 1915: a source book/edited by Michael J. Crowe
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The extraterrestrial life debate, antiquity to 1915: a source book/edited by Michael J. Crowe
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that thought that matter at both Earth and the cosmos was equally made of small atoms of the
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occur on these planets' surfaces and possibly result in the origin of extraterrestrial life.
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that would compose it. Life on Earth is largely composed of carbon, but there could be other
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improved the available data with naked-eye observatories, which worked with highly complex
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there were many known inaccuracies in the geocentric model, but it was kept in use because
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The first known mention of the term 'panspermia' was in the writings of the 5th-century BC
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used to estimate the number of active, communicative extraterrestrial civilisations in the
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and therefore, these carbon fixing compounds were necessary for the survival and possible
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have also been proposed as sources of energy, although they would be less efficient ones.
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had earlier expressed similar concerns. On 20 July 2015, Hawking and Russian billionaire
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with another subsurface ocean, may not need to be dug, as it releases water to space in
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and other elements, along with water, might enable the formation of living organisms on
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claimed that life's existence in the universe depends on various fundamental constants.
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and outwards, are locked in permanent deep-freeze, but cannot be ruled out completely.
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with a chemical make-up and temperature range similar to that of Earth. Life based on
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and whether transmitting a message to possible intelligent extraterrestrials in the
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writers typically assumed extraterrestrial "worlds" are inhabited by living beings.
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The 20th century came with great technological advances, speculations about future
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Lifeforms produce a variety of biosignatures that may be detectable by telescopes.
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in the atmosphere can also be a clear technosignature, considering their role in
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are unlikely to contain life. The most distant solar system bodies, found in the
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that provided affirmative, if questionable, answers to the existence of aliens.
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Alien Worlds â€“ Social and Religious Dimensions of Extraterrestrial Contact
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Atreya, S.K; Mahaffy, P.R; Niemann, H.B; Wong, M.H; Owen, T.C (February 2003).
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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in 1906, proposing that the canals were the work of a long-gone civilisation.
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are not considered habitable even if they orbit close enough to their stars as
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Zahnle, Kevin J.; Lupu, Roxana; Catling, David C.; Wogan, Nick (1 June 2020).
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has also detected a few thousand candidate planets, of which about 11% may be
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allows for plenty of planets to have a similar habitability to Earth, and the
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Plurality of Worlds: The Extraterrestrial Life Debate from Democratus to Kant
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analysis of Mars's atmosphere began in earnest in 1894, when U.S. astronomer
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The new ideas were met with resistance from the Catholic church. Galileo was
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The privileged planet: how our place in the cosmos is designed for discovery
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Life as we do not know it-the NASA search for (and synthesis of) alien life
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For the purpose of this 1 in 5 statistic, Earth-sized means 1–2 Earth radii
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The search and study of extraterrestrial life became a science of its own,
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to exist somewhere else other than Earth. This argument is embodied in the
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in New South Wales, Australia. On 13 February 2015, scientists (including
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The heliocentric model was further strengthened by the postulation of the
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may likely be generated and used on such worlds as well. The abundance of
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search the cosmos for potential forms of communication. They started with
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Relations with alien intelligences â€“ the scientific basis of metalaw
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can be readily explained as sightings of Earth-based aircraft (including
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in which biochemical reactions take place. It is highly unlikely that an
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Chaucer the Alchemist: Physics, Mutability, and the Medieval Imagination
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Strigari, L. E.; BarnabĂš, M.; Marshall, P. J.; Blandford, R. D. (2012).
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the universe as on Earth, with nothing making the planet truly special.
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In December 2023, astronomers reported the first time discovery, in the
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could have visited extraterrestrial worlds to redeem their inhabitants.
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Another unknown aspect of potential extraterrestrial life would be the
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also provides guidelines for planetary protection. A committee of the
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and Moon were considered candidates for extraterrestrial inhabitants.
2252:, was one of many 18th–19th-century astronomers who believed that the 30:
This article is about the real-life topic. For aliens in fiction, see
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In 2016, the Chinese Government released a white paper detailing its
2765:(CGI), and later on as CGI became more effective and less expensive. 2582: 2562: 2554: 2334: 2330: 2195: 2166: 2090: 1997: 1876: 1849: 1817: 1789: 1633: 1612: 1593: 1557: 1500: 1468: 1452: 1444: 1425: 1417: 1361: 1283: 1270: 1173: 1145: 1137: 1113: 1065: 742: 597: 489: 464: 62: 45: 6833: 6530:"Alien Ideas: Christianity and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life" 6178:"Astronomers answer key question: How common are habitable planets?" 5256:"Exclusive: NASA Researchers Claim Evidence of Present Life on Mars" 3322:, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 507–522, 3068:"Top 10: Controversial pieces of evidence for extraterrestrial life" 1980: 1710:, effects on the atmosphere, and planetary-sized structures such as 11836: 11638: 11237: 11149: 10950: 10813: 10798: 10769: 10638: 10413: 10237: 10181: 10175: 10144: 10089: 10057: 9856: 9846: 9778: 9569: 9543: 9518: 8848: 8823: 8735: 8728: 8623: 8554: 8188: 7903:
Life on Other Worlds: The 20th Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate
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their extraterrestrial origin can neither be confirmed nor denied.
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and not a reasonable scientific explanation for any gathered data.
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zone. Including red dwarfs would increase this to 40 billion.
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may be detectable by other means as well. Technology may generate
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The extraterrestrial life debate Antiquity to 1915: A Source Book
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proposed that other worlds may have their own animals and plants.
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its star, though this might only be feasible with dim stars like
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would have smaller animals, and other types of stars can lead to
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Ufology as Anthropology: Race, Extraterrestrials, and the Occult
7588:"Press Conference by Director of Office for Outer Space Affairs" 6415: 6293: 5911: 4651: 4610:"Geomicrobiological processes in extreme environments: A review" 1800: 11453: 11274: 11256: 10719: 10689: 10191: 9955: 9528: 9498: 9488: 9448: 9172: 9116: 8628: 8536: 6081: 2807: 2709: 2249: 2006: 1996:. The first explanations for the celestial objects seen in the 1930: 1911: 1868: 1843:
There is at least one planet on average per star. About 1 in 5
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Listening for extraterrestrial signals indicating intelligence
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as a way to stimulate scientific dialogue at a meeting on the
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structure") that could be created naturally, and rapidly, by
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are the most likely places in the Solar System to find life.
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The first basic requirement for life is an environment with
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If extraterrestrial life exists, it could range from simple
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For the purpose of this 1 in 5 statistic, "Sun-like" means
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Aguilar, David A.; Pulliam, Christine (25 February 2013).
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The inner Solar System is likely devoid of life. However,
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Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication
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Astrobiology Science and Technology for Exploring Planets
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Daniel, Isabelle; Oger, Philippe; Winter, Roland (2006).
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Burchell, M. J. (2006). "W(h)ither the Drake equation?".
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and later evolved to its current form, where some of the
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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe
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Evolving the Alien: The Science of Extraterrestrial Life
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limitations lessened since the 1990s with the advent of
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are a common way to depict extraterrestrials in fiction.
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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe
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showed that neither water nor oxygen was present in the
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Artificial Martian channels, depicted by Percival Lowell
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in West Virginia in the United States and the 64-meter
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that may be conducive to life, narrowing the search to
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the most abundant of those elements is silicon, in the
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Roth, Christopher F. (2005). Debbora Battaglia (ed.).
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hold the potential for hosting primitive life such as
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Harsh environmental conditions on Earth harboring life
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against potentially hazardous extraterrestrial life.
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Potential cultural impact of extraterrestrial contact
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reported the detection of a specific sugar molecule,
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In August 2012, and in a world first, astronomers at
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Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life
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Chang, Kenneth; Stirone, Shannon (8 February 2021).
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is still of interest to astrobiologists, as it is a
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Life on Earth requires water in a liquid state as a
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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For example, the 755:= the fraction of those stars that have 590:search for extraterrestrial intelligence 9862:Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment 8659:Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment 8161:. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. 8020: 8003: 7787: 7699: 7623: 7398: 6982: 6872: 6742: 6740: 6175: 5793: 5569:"Sugar Found In Space: A Sign of Life?" 5340: 5046: 4990: 4988: 4960: 4126: 3847: 3369: 3214:Progress in Earth and Planetary Science 3153: 3143:. University of Notre Dame. p. 67. 2783: 2000:were based on mythology. Scholars from 1890:, which is about twice the mass of the 580:In 1961, astronomer and astrophysicist 14: 11886: 7744:Aguilera MochĂłn, Juan Antonio (2016). 7718: 7604: 7523: 7340:Ward, Peter; Brownlee, Donald (2000). 7108:"The Face on Mars: Fact & Fiction" 7106:Nola Taylor Tillman (20 August 2012). 7037: 6798: 6544: 6528:Wiker, Benjamin D. 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The study of 1838:false positives 1798: 1792: 1786: 1768:Kardashev scale 1760:Light pollution 1756:ozone depletion 1742:as a result of 1676: 1670: 1660:leading to the 1618:IRAS 16293-2422 1532:Rio Tinto river 1481: 1410: 1404: 1274:Besides Earth, 1268: 1262: 1206: 1176:and heads with 1087:Norman Horowitz 1056:(three bonds), 975:Magnetic fields 963:plate tectonics 946: 940: 934: 897: 895: 885:social sciences 823: 820: 819: 805: 790: 779: 768: 754: 736: 688: 684: 675: 671: 662: 658: 649: 645: 636: 632: 623: 619: 611: 608: 607: 551:Stephen Hawking 527: 519:Main articles: 517: 389: 219: 206:Science fiction 145:The City of God 87:(colloquially, 78: 77: 72: 66: 60: 54: 51: 42: 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 11952: 11942: 11941: 11936: 11931: 11926: 11921: 11916: 11911: 11906: 11901: 11896: 11881: 11880: 11868: 11856: 11844: 11821: 11820: 11818: 11817: 11805: 11792: 11789: 11788: 11786: 11785: 11780: 11775: 11770: 11765: 11760: 11758:Drake equation 11755: 11750: 11745: 11738: 11736:Alien 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11153: 11147: 11141: 11139: 11131: 11130: 11127: 11126: 11124: 11123: 11118: 11113: 11108: 11103: 11098: 11093: 11091:Methyl acetate 11088: 11083: 11078: 11073: 11068: 11064: 11060: 11056: 11050: 11045: 11040: 11034: 11032: 11022: 11021: 11019: 11018: 11013: 11008: 11003: 10998: 10993: 10988: 10983: 10981:Dimethyl ether 10978: 10973: 10967: 10965: 10957: 10956: 10954: 10953: 10948: 10946:Methyl formate 10943: 10938: 10933: 10931:Glycolaldehyde 10928: 10923: 10918: 10913: 10907: 10905: 10897: 10896: 10894: 10893: 10888: 10883: 10878: 10873: 10868: 10866:Glycolonitrile 10863: 10861:Ethylene oxide 10858: 10853: 10852: 10851: 10841: 10835: 10833: 10825: 10824: 10822: 10821: 10816: 10811: 10806: 10801: 10796: 10791: 10786: 10781: 10777: 10772: 10767: 10762: 10760:Cyclopropenone 10757: 10752: 10747: 10741: 10739: 10731: 10730: 10728: 10727: 10722: 10717: 10712: 10707: 10702: 10697: 10692: 10687: 10682: 10677: 10672: 10667: 10662: 10660:Cyanoacetylene 10657: 10652: 10647: 10642: 10635: 10633: 10625: 10624: 10622: 10621: 10616: 10611: 10606: 10601: 10596: 10591: 10586: 10581: 10579:Methyl radical 10576: 10571: 10566: 10561: 10556: 10554:Isocyanic acid 10551: 10546: 10541: 10536: 10531: 10526: 10521: 10519:Isocyanic acid 10516: 10511: 10505: 10503: 10495: 10494: 10492: 10491: 10486: 10481: 10476: 10471: 10466: 10464:Sulfur dioxide 10461: 10456: 10451: 10446: 10441: 10439:Sodium cyanide 10436: 10431: 10426: 10421: 10416: 10411: 10406: 10401: 10397: 10392: 10387: 10382: 10377: 10372: 10367: 10362: 10356: 10350: 10348:Formyl radical 10345: 10340: 10335: 10330: 10325: 10320: 10315: 10310: 10308:Carbon dioxide 10305: 10300: 10295: 10289: 10287: 10281: 10280: 10255: 10253: 10251: 10250: 10245: 10240: 10235: 10230: 10225: 10220: 10215: 10210: 10205: 10200: 10195: 10189: 10184: 10179: 10173: 10168: 10163: 10158: 10156:Iron(II) oxide 10153: 10148: 10142: 10137: 10132: 10127: 10122: 10117: 10112: 10107: 10102: 10097: 10092: 10087: 10082: 10077: 10071: 10069: 10060: 10054: 10053: 10046: 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9370: 9369: 9367: 9366: 9361: 9356: 9351: 9346: 9341: 9336: 9331: 9326: 9321: 9316: 9311: 9306: 9304:Drake equation 9301: 9296: 9291: 9286: 9280: 9278: 9274: 9273: 9271: 9270: 9265: 9260: 9255: 9250: 9245: 9243:Exoplanetology 9240: 9235: 9230: 9225: 9220: 9218:Astrochemistry 9214: 9212: 9208: 9207: 9200: 9199: 9192: 9185: 9177: 9168: 9167: 9165: 9164: 9159: 9154: 9149: 9144: 9139: 9134: 9129: 9124: 9119: 9114: 9109: 9104: 9099: 9094: 9089: 9084: 9079: 9074: 9069: 9063: 9061: 9059:Related topics 9055: 9054: 9052: 9051: 9049:Zoo hypothesis 9046: 9041: 9036: 9031: 9026: 9021: 9016: 9011: 9006: 9000: 8998: 8991: 8990: 8988: 8987: 8982: 8977: 8972: 8967: 8962: 8957: 8952: 8950:Drake equation 8947: 8942: 8936: 8934: 8930: 8929: 8927: 8926: 8921: 8916: 8911: 8906: 8901: 8895: 8893: 8885: 8884: 8882: 8881: 8876: 8871: 8866: 8861: 8856: 8851: 8846: 8841: 8836: 8831: 8829:Pioneer plaque 8826: 8821: 8816: 8811: 8806: 8801: 8800: 8799: 8794: 8784: 8779: 8774: 8769: 8764: 8759: 8753: 8751: 8743: 8742: 8740: 8739: 8732: 8725: 8720: 8715: 8710: 8702: 8697: 8689: 8681: 8679:Northern Light 8676: 8671: 8666: 8661: 8656: 8651: 8646: 8641: 8636: 8631: 8626: 8621: 8620: 8619: 8606: 8603:Europa Clipper 8599: 8594: 8589: 8582: 8575: 8567: 8562: 8557: 8551: 8549: 8547:Space missions 8543: 8542: 8540: 8539: 8534: 8529: 8524: 8519: 8514: 8509: 8504: 8499: 8494: 8489: 8484: 8479: 8474: 8469: 8464: 8458: 8456: 8448: 8447: 8445: 8444: 8439: 8434: 8429: 8424: 8418: 8416: 8412: 8411: 8408: 8407: 8405: 8404: 8402:(radio signal) 8396: 8388: 8386:(inconclusive) 8380: 8378:(radio source) 8371: 8369: 8365: 8364: 8362: 8361: 8353: 8345: 8340:EPIC 204278916 8337: 8328: 8326: 8322: 8321: 8319: 8318: 8310: 8301: 8299: 8292: 8288: 8287: 8285: 8284: 8278: 8272: 8266: 8260: 8254: 8248: 8242: 8235: 8233: 8229: 8228: 8221: 8220: 8213: 8206: 8198: 8192: 8191: 8186: 8179: 8178:External links 8176: 8174: 8173: 8167: 8150: 8144: 8129: 8123: 8108: 8092: 8063: 8057: 8041: 8035: 8018: 8001: 7995: 7982: 7970: 7964: 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Byrd 2667:SETI Institute 2615:astrobiologist 2608:paleontologist 2579:Charles Darwin 2575:Thomas Wilkins 2515:pseudosciences 2471: 2470: 2449: 2439: 2423: 2422: 2413: 2412: 2411: 2402: 2401: 2393: 2392: 2391: 2390: 2389: 2381: 2380:Recent history 2378: 2290:Martian canals 2277: 2274: 2216:Giordano Bruno 2204:paradigm shift 2144: 2141: 2067:Bharat Kshetra 2002:Ancient Greece 1974:Main article: 1971: 1968: 1953:Main article: 1950: 1947: 1898:listed on the 1888:PSR B1257+12 A 1863:, located 4.2 1845:Sun-like stars 1788:Main article: 1785: 1782: 1719:SETI Institute 1686:is one of the 1672:Main article: 1669: 1666: 1662:origin of life 1609:glycolaldehyde 1480: 1477: 1467:on Venus (via 1461:microorganisms 1406:Main article: 1403: 1400: 1264:Main article: 1261: 1258: 1244:chemosynthetic 1231:solar system. 1228:Earth's mantle 1205: 1202: 1178:sensory organs 936:Main article: 933: 930: 869: 866: 863: 860: 857: 854: 851: 848: 845: 842: 839: 836: 833: 830: 827: 814: 813: 807: 801: 796: 786: 781: 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11344: 11341: 11339: 11336: 11334: 11331: 11329: 11326: 11324: 11321: 11319: 11316: 11314: 11311: 11309: 11306: 11304: 11301: 11299: 11296: 11295: 11293: 11291: 11287: 11281: 11278: 11276: 11273: 11271: 11268: 11266: 11263: 11261: 11255: 11253: 11246: 11244: 11241: 11239: 11236: 11234: 11231: 11229: 11228:Methoxyethane 11226: 11224: 11221: 11219: 11216: 11215: 11213: 11211: 11207: 11201: 11198: 11196: 11189: 11187: 11184: 11182: 11179: 11177: 11174: 11172: 11169: 11167: 11164: 11162: 11159: 11157: 11154: 11151: 11148: 11146: 11143: 11142: 11140: 11136: 11132: 11122: 11119: 11117: 11114: 11112: 11111:Butyronitrile 11109: 11107: 11104: 11102: 11099: 11097: 11094: 11092: 11089: 11087: 11086:Ethyl formate 11084: 11082: 11079: 11077: 11074: 11072: 11065: 11054: 11051: 11049: 11046: 11044: 11041: 11039: 11036: 11035: 11033: 11031: 11023: 11017: 11014: 11012: 11011:Propionitrile 11009: 11007: 11004: 11002: 10999: 10997: 10994: 10992: 10989: 10987: 10984: 10982: 10979: 10977: 10974: 10972: 10969: 10968: 10966: 10964: 10958: 10952: 10949: 10947: 10944: 10942: 10939: 10937: 10934: 10932: 10929: 10927: 10924: 10922: 10919: 10917: 10914: 10912: 10909: 10908: 10906: 10904: 10898: 10892: 10891:Vinyl alcohol 10889: 10887: 10884: 10882: 10879: 10877: 10874: 10872: 10869: 10867: 10864: 10862: 10859: 10857: 10854: 10850: 10849:Vinyl cyanide 10847: 10846: 10845: 10844:Acrylonitrile 10842: 10840: 10837: 10836: 10834: 10832: 10826: 10820: 10817: 10815: 10812: 10810: 10809:Pentynylidyne 10807: 10805: 10802: 10800: 10797: 10795: 10792: 10790: 10787: 10785: 10778: 10776: 10773: 10771: 10768: 10766: 10763: 10761: 10758: 10756: 10753: 10751: 10748: 10746: 10743: 10742: 10740: 10738: 10732: 10726: 10723: 10721: 10718: 10716: 10713: 10711: 10708: 10706: 10705:Methylenimine 10703: 10701: 10698: 10696: 10693: 10691: 10688: 10686: 10683: 10681: 10678: 10676: 10673: 10671: 10668: 10666: 10663: 10661: 10658: 10656: 10653: 10651: 10648: 10646: 10643: 10640: 10637: 10636: 10634: 10632: 10626: 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10290: 10288: 10286: 10282: 10277: 10268: 10259: 10249: 10246: 10244: 10241: 10239: 10236: 10234: 10233:Sodium iodide 10231: 10229: 10226: 10224: 10221: 10219: 10216: 10214: 10211: 10209: 10206: 10204: 10201: 10199: 10196: 10193: 10190: 10188: 10185: 10183: 10180: 10177: 10174: 10172: 10169: 10167: 10164: 10162: 10159: 10157: 10154: 10152: 10149: 10146: 10143: 10141: 10138: 10136: 10133: 10131: 10128: 10126: 10123: 10121: 10118: 10116: 10115:Cyano radical 10113: 10111: 10108: 10106: 10103: 10101: 10098: 10096: 10095:Carbon cation 10093: 10091: 10088: 10086: 10083: 10081: 10078: 10076: 10073: 10072: 10070: 10068: 10064: 10061: 10059: 10055: 10051: 10044: 10039: 10037: 10032: 10030: 10025: 10024: 10021: 10009: 10008: 9999: 9997: 9996: 9987: 9986: 9983: 9977: 9974: 9972: 9969: 9967: 9964: 9962: 9959: 9957: 9954: 9952: 9949: 9947: 9944: 9942: 9939: 9935: 9932: 9930: 9927: 9925: 9922: 9921: 9920: 9917: 9915: 9912: 9910: 9907: 9906: 9904: 9898: 9888: 9885: 9883: 9880: 9878: 9875: 9873: 9870: 9868: 9865: 9863: 9860: 9858: 9855: 9853: 9850: 9848: 9845: 9843: 9840: 9839: 9837: 9831: 9825: 9822: 9820: 9817: 9815: 9812: 9810: 9807: 9805: 9802: 9800: 9797: 9795: 9792: 9790: 9787: 9785: 9782: 9780: 9777: 9775: 9774:Europa Lander 9772: 9770: 9767: 9765: 9762: 9760: 9757: 9755: 9752: 9750: 9747: 9745: 9742: 9740: 9737: 9736: 9734: 9730: 9722: 9720: 9716: 9715: 9714: 9711: 9709: 9706: 9704: 9703: 9699: 9698: 9696: 9692: 9686: 9683: 9682: 9680: 9676: 9670: 9669: 9665: 9663: 9660: 9658: 9657: 9653: 9652: 9650: 9644: 9638: 9635: 9633: 9630: 9626: 9624: 9620: 9619: 9618: 9615: 9613: 9612: 9608: 9604: 9602: 9598: 9597: 9596: 9593: 9589: 9587: 9583: 9582: 9581: 9578: 9576: 9573: 9571: 9568: 9567: 9565: 9561: 9555: 9552: 9550: 9547: 9545: 9542: 9540: 9537: 9535: 9532: 9530: 9527: 9525: 9522: 9520: 9517: 9515: 9512: 9510: 9507: 9505: 9502: 9500: 9497: 9495: 9492: 9490: 9487: 9485: 9482: 9480: 9477: 9476: 9474: 9470: 9467: 9461: 9455: 9452: 9450: 9447: 9445: 9442: 9440: 9437: 9435: 9432: 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Jesus
Nicholas of Cusa
Sun
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atmospheric composition
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volcanic lakes
search for extraterrestrial intelligent life

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