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# astrobiology
If we find life on Mars, it might be surprisingly difficult to confirm that it's actually Martian.
# astrobiology
The first step to figuring out if we found alien life is to define what we mean by living.
# space
There's much more to whether a planet is habitable than its distance from a star...
# astrobiology
The Catholic Church is telling believers that any discovery of alien life fits firmly in their dogmas.
# astrobiology
Life, uh, finds a way. But how would it finds its way on Mars?
# astrobiology
We spend a lot of time thinking about intelligent aliens. We should invest a lot more thinking about feral ones.
# astrobiology
Creationists and theists are trying to equate the search for life with a rebellion against a belief in God.
# space
If we really want to find extraterrestrial life, we need to broaden our horizons and consider how alien chemistry could be different from our own.
# astrobiology
Simulations are great starting points. But there are only so many conclusions we can draw from them.
# space
The concept of a habitable zone is useful, but too vague to mean much when we're looking for alien life.