planets all over the place…kepler goes hunting.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2045835,00.html?hpt=T2
The 'new' wrinkle in the search for exoplanets is that, far from pooh-poohing supergiant planets as 'no likely life', discoveries in our own solar system, including our own planet, have them adding the footnote: of course life could exist on the moon of a superplanet.
The discovery of extremophiles at volcanic vents, in geysers, even living within rocks in the most extreme deserts, and deep within the earth, makes it likely that microbial life outweighs all larger life on this planet by considerable and that even our deep rocks are alive, meaning no matter what has happened to this planet, life has tended to re-emerge with a vengeance.
Could life exist elsewhere? Do woodchucks chuck wood?
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My reaction to 'life on other worlds' is that the phrase 'as we know it' should be inserted... i.e., 'life as we know it on other worlds'. What about life that we (scientists) don't recognize. It's my opinion that it is abundant beyond anyone's expectations.
