Intelligent life is likely very common throughout universe

Finding alien life in the universe just got way more likely, according to groundbreaking study
The search for alien life in the universe has fascinated the scientific community for decades – and the chances of finding intelligent life out there in the cosmos just got more likely, according to a new study.
Intelligent Aliens May Be All Across the Universe, a Controversial New Theory Suggests
According to an alternative model of how intelligent life emerges on planets like Earth, the existence of aliens—and human beings–could be the result of natural planetary processes.
New study: Intelligent life is likely very common throughout the universe
Scientists challenge the idea that intelligent life is rare. They argue that evolution follows planetary changes, not random luck.
'Perhaps it's only a matter of time': Intelligent life may be much more likely than first thought, new model suggests
For decades, scientists assumed that life on Earth emerged through a chain of highly improbable flukes. But a new theory suggests it may have instead arrived just in time.
New Study Suggests Intelligent Life May Be More Common Than Thought
A new study proposes intelligent life is more likely to emerge than previously thought, driven by planetary conditions.
Intelligent life in the Universe may be far more likely than previously thought 👽
Intelligent life in the Universe could be far more widespread than previously imagined. A new study has just shaken up a well-known theory, the "hard steps" theory, by explaining that the
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Intelligent Life May Be More Likely to Exist on Other Planets Than Previously Thought, Scientists Say
Researchers present an alternative to the long-held “hard steps” theory to explain the evolution of complex life, suggesting ...
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Boost for alien hunters? Earth life may not be so improbable, study suggests
"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist," said lead author Dan Mills of the ...
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Evolving intelligent life took billions of years—but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that extraterrestrial intelligence is vanishingly rare.
New theory ups the odds that intelligent aliens exist
“Our existence is probably not an evolutionary fluke,” says Jennifer Macalady, a study co-author and microbiology professor ...
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Odds of human-like lifeforms on other planets may be more likely than previously thought: study
Intelligent life may develop on planets as a rule, not an exception — increasing the odds of humanity existing beyond Earth, according to a new study. Researchers from Penn State University ...
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Intelligent Aliens May Be Common On Earth-Like Planets, Scientists Say
A new model increases the probability of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, upending the ... [+] decades-old “hard steps” theory that intelligent life was an incredibly improbable ...
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Evolving Intelligent Life May Not Have Been as Unlikely as Many Scientists Predicted
A popular model of evolution concludes that it was incredibly unlikely for humanity to evolve on Earth, and that extraterrestrial intelligence is vanishingly rare. But as experts on the entangled ...
Life might be much more likely than we realised, scientists say – and it could help us find aliens
If so, that has important effects for life throughout the universe. It suggests that life might have been likely to form ...