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Even though we have not discovered life elsewhere, this does

not mean it does not exist. The search for life is very hard, even
in our Solar System, so it is possible that life exists very close to
us. It is just that we haven't discovered it yet.

Personally, I believe that there is probably life elsewhere in the

universe. which can be explained by how huge the universe is.
There is an enormous number of objects in our solar system.
Hundreds of thousands of asteroids have been discovered. There
are a lot of places where life could exist just in our Solar System.

There are many objects in the Solar System, but Historians

think the best places to look for life are those that have or once
had liquid water. The Earth has life everywhere there is water, so
it would seem natural to look everywhere there is liquid water.

Jupiter's moons Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto have oceans,

each of which has more water than Earth. Likewise, Saturn's
moons have oceans, with Enceladus perhaps the most surprising
location for liquid water. Mars is their main target, and spacecraft
are being sent to the planet to determine whether there was once
life on it. There are other places in our solar system where alien
life could thrive today besides Mars.
 The Red Planet would, as a matter of fact, be quite low on
the list, behind the Jupiter moon Europa and the Saturn satellites
Enceladus and Titan. There are deep oceans of salty water
beneath the icy shells of Europa and Enceladus. Titan is thought
to have a buried water ocean as well, and it also sports lakes and
seas of liquid hydrocarbons on its surface.

NASA is developing a flyby mission that will launch in the

early to mid-2020s. In the near future, NASA plans to send a
lander to the surface of the moon to look for life. Another Titan
mission is one of the two finalists for a NASA "New Frontiers"
launch in 2025.

Venus once had abundant surface water, but the runaway

greenhouse effect baked it away, leaving it with surface
temperatures high enough to melt lead. "Mars had life 4 billion
years ago, and it still does because nothing on Mars has wiped out
life," says Michael Finney, co-founder of The Genome Partnership,
a nonprofit organization that organizes Advances in Genome
Biology and Technology conferences.

In other words, if there is life on Mars, it may have moved

around, it may have gone into hiding a bit, but it still exists. As a
result of Titan's extreme cold, chemistry takes a very long time
to occur. Its extreme temperature could render "weird life"
difficult.

NASA plans to launch a rotary flier known as Dragonfly that

will hop from spot to spot on Titan's surface, perhaps solving some
of the planet's mysteries. The more we look at our own cosmic
backyard, the more surprises we find. This is exciting as we
continue to extend our senses beyond our solar system.

James Webb telescope, launching in 2021, could provide a

glimpse into the composition of exoplanet's atmospheres. In the
future, Webb or a similar spacecraft may be able to detect the
presence of an atmosphere similar to our own - oxygen, carbon
dioxide, methane. These are strong indicators of life.

It is possible that future telescopes will detect signs of

photosynthesis - the conversion of light into chemical energy by
plants - or even animal vapors or molecules indicating the presence
of life. The presence of intelligent, technological life could cause
atmospheric pollution, as it does on our planet, which can be
detected from a distance. Of course, the best we might be able to
manage is an estimate of probability. It would still be a historic
event if we knew there was life on an exoplanet with a ninety-five
percent chance of having a life.