On: Jupiter's ocean moon Europa, thought to be habitab...

[SequoiaHope]

If we find any life at all on Europa, intelligent or otherwise, it proves that earth is not the only planet with life. It’s an obvious conclusion but if we find alien life even in our own solar system that says something about the prevalence of alien life.

[tmountain → SequoiaHope]

I never thought the expectation was intelligent life. Even the discovery of a single celled organism would be a truly remarkable moment for humanity.

[xeromal → tmountain]

Agreed. I'd love to find any living thing.

[AlecSchueler → SequoiaHope]

Unless we later discover it traveled there after an impact event on Earth.

[SequoiaHope → AlecSchueler]

I suspect that is extremely unlikely due to the amount of energy required to get from earth to so far out from the sun, but maybe.

EDIT: Here is a study of the probability of such a thing. It is indeed very low. https://www.space.com/alien-life-europa-enceladus-second-gen...