Extra-solar Planet and the Quest for Life Beyond our Planet
Posted by: Jim in Science, Extra Terrestrial Life on Mar 19, 2008
An astronomy group this week found evidence of Methane and Water on a Planetary Gas giant some 60+ light years from earth. While they were excited to be able to detect such evidence they reported that it is a gas giant planet and as such could not harbor life. I disagree. Look at the evidence of life living in high extreme environments found on earth in recent years. One would have to at least stay open to the fact that life may exist(perhaps even in other forms) in harsh environments. I further speculate that life may not care about the environment but may rather adapt or alter its matrix(form) in order to exist in any enviroment. It may be that prolific. The existence of conscious life is another matter but it may be that we are not sensitive enough to detect consciousness which may also be as prolifc as life itself.
