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Alien life in Universe: Scientists say finding it is 'only a matter of time' (www.bbc.com)

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Alien life in Universe: Scientists say finding it is 'only a matter of time'::Experts are optimistic of detecting life signs on a faraway world within our lifetimes - possibly in the next few years.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There doesn't appear to be anything rare about our solar system, and why would you expect them to mention Dyson spheres?

We're basically looking for and expecting simple microbial life. You know, slime.

[–] JoShmoe 2 points 1 year ago

The Dyson sphere would significantly increase the possibility of finding “Alien life” if one were built. You may be looking for slime, but just saying Alien can imply other things. Especially on mainstream media like BBC.

In recent studies, 55 CancriB is the most similar system to our own. However the star itself is an orange dwarf furthermore the system is a binary one. All other observed systems are even less similar to our own. Binary systems are the most common systems in the universe and we don’t have one.