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Originally Posted by Hanni
I'm no scientician but does this not completely change the number of possible planets that could harbor life. This lends credence to the idea that life could evolve completely different than we know it. Maybe something like oxygen would be poisonous to life on another planet and they have a completely different system for respiration.
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Thats what I take from it. When we observe planets for we not only have to look for atmospheres like ours anymore. If we found a new life form, who knows how many more can exist. There are about an infinite amount of stars and each star is it's own solar system, the possibility of life other than our own is pretty high in my opinion.
The day humanity figures or lightspeed, which I think we will, is the day we contact other lifeforms.
I am overly optimitic though at the fact intelligent life exists other than our own.