If there is a creator.
And if he follows a pattern.
Then at some point life will appear out of life lessness.
Scripture says that the kingdom of God all follows a pattern of seed and harvest.
My speculation is the heavens are designed to spring forth in life by design at every level from sub atomic particles to master clusters of galaxies in an unending space time continuum.
If there is a creator he hasn’t stopped creating only taking periodic rests.
God rested on the seventh day.
Back to work on Monday.
All creation groans because of the Curse. God would not have cursed the entire universe for the sins of man if there were other sentient beings out there not guilty of our sin. For those of us who found our thinking in Scripture, the logic is very clear that apart from angelic beings there is no other intelligent life in the universe. Regardless of the “neato factor” that leads most people to blandly assume there must be something out there. (There is, but since it’s not what they want or imagine they ignore it.)