it seems obvious. we've found microorganisms that are basically immortal and can survive in outer space without oxygen water food etc. so it seems like it would actually be groundbreaking to find that theres even a single planet without a trace of bacteria or microorganisms of any sort. 



Why do people find it so surprising that life exists throughout the galaxy instead of only on earth? it seems like it should be one of the easiest puzzle peices to put together.

just imagine though, the breakthroghs we might find by studying microorganisms or bacteria that cold survive on saturn, or ganymede, or neptune. i bet it would have something to bring to the table that you simply cant find anything like on earth.

>>15392622 (OP)

What people? Nobody cares, stop speculating about shit you have nothing to do with. 

Could something exist in a place you will never visit? Maybe

Where are all the aliens though?

>>15392622 (OP)

Who exactly? Can you name a single example?

everybody ive ever heard talk about it acts like theyre amazed there's any form of life on other planets, as if they never expected that. Maybe, like, astronauts or experts are less surprised. also upon searching for bacteria on mars on goggle half of the articles about it are like "WE MAY NOT BE ALONE"

like oh yeah, no shit lol

Because bacteria existing still requires abiogenesis. So all the arguments are about the likelihood of that occurring somewhere else and the problem of calculating those odds are we only have a sample size of one (planet). All recent experimental evidence seems to suggest it's even less likely than we previously thought but no one really knows for sure.

>>15392622 (OP)

fr, it only took 1 billion years after the formation of the earth. can't be that rare.

Thunderf00t probably

>>15392622 (OP)

my first two explanations that came up:

1.weve taken samples from the moon, the only astronomical body man has walked on other than Earth, and these samples did not have any organisms in them (living or dead).

2.we are used to life on earth which is able to survive in very limited conditions. from our speculations and recorded data, these conditions do not appear anywhere other than potential habitable planets, which are a rather small fraction of the total numbers of planets we have discovered. 



there are probably more reasons but as I said these were the first ones I thought of. also, like >>15392631 said, imagine the properties of these organisms! researching them might give us enormous insight into how life is formed and evolved, and what amazing capabilities can be evolved in a living creature.
