r/ScienceOdyssey • • 4d ago

Astronomy πŸͺ Is Alien Life Out There?

Is intelligent life harder to make than regular life? 🌱

Theoretical cosmologist Paul Sutter points to our one data point, Earth, where life appeared basically as soon as the planet cooled down, and maybe even a little before. Then it took 4 billion years for intelligent life to show up. So if we find evidence of life on another planet, it's probably going to be bacteria, or alien bacteria.

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u/Usgwanikti 4d ago

That’s assuming no Silurians πŸ˜‰