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Name: wildman jackson
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Date: Around 1993
Question:
This may seem like an odd question, but is there any evidence that any life besides on Earth exists? Life in any form, meaning bacteria, etc. There have been literally thousands of "sightings" of UFO's (not that I believe them), but it would be nice to know what a scientist thinks.


Replies:
None that I am aware of. Organic chemicals have been detected in molecular clouds and in the atmospheres of other planets and moons. These chemicals could be the precursors to primitive life. Try this question in the Biology section.

John Hawley


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