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Is there life elsewhere in the universe?
DW (English)
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2/13/2025
The universe is filled with countless stars, making the odds of life beyond Earth high. And we’ve already found planets that could support it.
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How likely is it that life exists elsewhere in the universe?
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In the part of the universe that we can observe, there are an estimated one quadrillion stars.
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And many stars have multiple planets.
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So the chances of life existing out there somewhere are pretty high.
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We know what life needs to develop from studying life here on Earth.
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Many factors need to come together for life to emerge.
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A constant source of light from the sun over billions of years helps create a stable environment.
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Our Earth orbits at just the right distance, far enough for liquid water to exist on its
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surface, which is the most important condition for life as we know it.
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The area around a star in which life could be possible is called the habitable zone.
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In our own galaxy, the Milky Way, there could be hundreds of millions or even billions of
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habitable planets.
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Some distant planets and habitable zones have already been found.
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Some are even categorized as superhabitable planets, meaning their conditions could be
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even better for life than Earth's, and they would have had more time for life to develop.
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But we don't know yet whether there's actually life there.
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These planets are too far away from us to study in detail.
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The James Webb Space Telescope is already searching exoplanet atmospheres for signs
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of life.
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In 2026, the PLATO telescope will begin studying planets as they pass in front of their star.
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And in Chile, the world's largest telescope will soon go into operation.
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Astronomers hope that the extremely large telescope will allow them to study exoplanets
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and habitable zones for the first time.
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Even within our own solar system, there are places where life in theory could exist.
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Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, is a top candidate, along with Enceladus, a moon of Saturn.
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And there could even be life on our closest neighbor, Mars.
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