https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49648746
We are not alone
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-49648746
We are not alone
Except this water was poisonous to the lifeforms that lived on there. They preferred an alternative, yet undiscovered drink. Water killed off everything there.
Obviously I'm making all of that up. I do find it interesting that, so often, scientists say that water is proof of life on a planet. No it isn't. Water is proof of water on a planet. What's to say there are alien lifeforms out there who live on entirely different, probably undiscovered elements and substances?
No way is there water in Swansea
111 light years away.
I listened to the news article about this tonight, I always think when this crops up, are these experts talking about life forms being human type lifeforms because i would be thinking that, probably, lifeforms on other planets may not be oxygen breathing 2 legs, arms eyes, dick and a fanny but lifeforms of a far nicer example.
The most advanced form of life on an exoplanet that has liquid water will most likely be amphibian/reptilian, as it would be here if it wasn't for that rock that fell to Earth 65,000,000 years ago and cooled the planet enough for mammals to thrive at the expense of cold-blooded lifeforms.
However, if the exoplanet is already cool, who knows what might evolve?
Or just microbes formed in a similar way to the earliest life on earth that maybe died out or evolved into something else primitive that never survived one of the many cataclysmic events that occur on most planets over time.
Maybe the microbe was called Ming The Merciless?
That's what science is about surely. The hypothesis comes first, which is then modified as further evidence comes to light. The fact that there is water present on this planet and the temperature range appears to be "earth-like" (0 - 35C IIRC) then there is the possibility of carbon based lifeforms similar to those on earth also being there. To my mind it does not preclude the possibility of different life forms on other planets where there is no water.
I'm surprised that no-one has started the usual "this proves there is no God" sub-thread. Oops. Just saying like.
Here's another great example of something which you can't check or see for yourself because it's eleven million light years or whatever away, but which will either cost you money or at least provide someone with a great excuse to explain the disappearance of millions into their Swiss bank accounts.
People are discussing it enthusiastically because it seems clever to understand the subtle nuances and implications to the fairy tale world David Attenborough sold them, but it's really not clever at all you know.