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Originally Posted by Sluggo
If they find life on Mars that is not like anything found on Earth it its likely any other solar system with minimal survival conditions would be almost guaranteed to harbor some form of life.
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What we think we know about life (so far) is that it expands to fill every available niche. From thermovents at the bottom of the ocean to bacteria at the top of the atmosphere, it's ubiquitous.
The exception thus far is that we haven't found any outside of our own planet. Small sample size, and there are undoubtedly forms of life we can't detect. Nevertheless evidence of it on Mars would generally strengthen the proposition that we're not alone in the universe.
That would be a monumental paradigm shift in humanities' understanding of it's place in the universe.
OMFG I would love for it to be on our watch!