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To: PIF; dsrtsage
Unfortunately there are so many variables that have to be right for the planet to support advanced life, or even for a star to be the right kind of star to have a planet to do it.

For example star GJ 1002 (the star this article is about) has about 10% of the mass of Sol (or sun). And of the two planets orbiting the star, neither is a massive Jupiter-like planet. Thus, any life on either of these planets would suffer frequent life extinction events like our Earth would if we didn't have big brother Jupiter protecting us by sucking in most asteroids into its much larger gravity well. The same for our massive sun (relative to star GJ 1002) pulling in lots of potential life extinction objects into its gravity well. Thus, that event rarely happens to Earth.

That's just one of many characteristics. Then there's the fact that star GJ 1002 is a red dwarf star which tends to be highly volatile with a lot more flares (and since it's smaller the planets are orbiting closer to it than Earth orbits our Sol star...).

We could go on and on and on about how special not just Earth is but also our star is, or even our Milky Way galaxy is. The more you look at it, the more the most plausible explanation seems to be is that it's specifically created for life by God. Then once you realize that, when it comes to determining if there's advanced life elsewhere it becomes a question of if God decided to create life elsewhere besides just Earth. I don't know the answer to that.

27 posted on 12/27/2022 9:55:05 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

Just because humans would likely die under such conditions does not mean another form would not thrive.

Humans cannot live under the oceans without aid, or at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, or in hot volcanic undersea vents - but other forms do.

Life is everywhere. It just that we would find Earth-like planets more to our liking, than say Mars


30 posted on 12/27/2022 10:00:44 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Tell It Right
if there's advanced life elsewhere it becomes a question of if God decided to create life elsewhere besides just Earth. I don't know the answer to that.

Doesn't the bible describe a host of heavenly (alien) beings?

80 posted on 12/27/2022 7:00:32 PM PST by fso301
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