Needless to say, all this talk of «Earth - sized» worlds (and the much - hyped «Earth - like» misnomer) has added fuel to
the extraterrestrial life question: If there's a preponderance of small exoplanets - some of which orbit within the «sweet - spot» of the habitable zones of their parent stars - could life as we know it (or Earth - Brand ™ Life as I like to call it) also be thriving there?
Not exact matches
The discovery of extrasolar planets raises the
question of whether some might support
extraterrestrial life.
So far, the
question about
extraterrestrial life is very much open.
And that raises some worrying
questions about the work going on these days to find signs of
extraterrestrial life.
The million - dollar
question «Is there
extraterrestrial life on Mars?»
How many of the planets in the solar neighborhood are truly Earth - like — moderately rich in volatiles and organics — is an essential
question to answer if we want to carry out a meaningful search for
extraterrestrial life: for surveying nearby Earths for signatures of
life is going to be one of the most complex and challenging endeavors in science yet.