Title: 7 Good Reasons Why There Might Be Life on Other Planets
Headings: 7 Good Reasons Why There Might Be Life on Other Planets
7 Good Reasons Why There Might Be Life on Other Planets
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Content: Jupiter's moon Europa is believed to be one, massive ocean, warmed by the moon's core and completely covered in a thick, protective layer of ice. Any of these worlds might have harbored life at one time, or currently. Mars once had water warm enough to sustain life
We know that Mars once had lots of water, considered a prerequisite for habitability. What hasn't…
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The first-ever image of a massive river system on another world
This image was taken by the space probe Cassini, and shows what appears to be a massive river…
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There's more water on Jupiter's moon Europa than there is on Earth
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7. Evolutionary theory
People often use the Fermi Paradox to explain why we'll never find intelligent life in the universe. On the other side is evolutionary theory, which suggests that life adapts to its environments. Though Darwin and his contemporaries were hardly thinking of life on exoplanets when they came up with evolutionary theory, it does suggest that where life can take hold, it will. And if you consider that our environment isn't just planets, but also solar systems and interstellar space, an unorthodox interpretation of evolutionary theory suggests that life will adapt to outer space too. We may one day be meeting creatures who've evolved in ways we never dreamed possible — or we may become those creatures ourselves. Does a galaxy filled with habitable planets mean humanity is doomed?