The biological process that led to the emergence of intelligent life on Earth happened by fluke. Professor Brian Cox believes that this could hardly be repeated anywhere else in the universe.
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English physicist Brian Cox calls the appearance of humanity as a miracle as a result of the fusion of two separate cells into one:
- In this galaxy there is only one technologically advanced civilization - ours. We are unique.
Incredible. After all, there are billions of other planets on which life could originate. However, we should be careful, as the history of life on our planet shows that the transition from a single-celled form of life to a more complex one may not have been inevitable, the Daily Mail quoted the scientist as saying.
His statements were made in one of the episodes of the BBC film "Human Universe". The second accident Cox calls the fall to Earth of a meteorite, which destroyed the genus of dinosaurs, allowing mammals and ultimately humans to dominate the planet.
- We are trying with all our might to understand how it happened.
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At the same time, scientists from Princeton University argue that people are more likely to find plants, not alien animals. They advise looking for traces of chlorophyll on exoplanets, which helps plants convert sunlight into energy. According to them, this can be done with the help of a future NASA telescope for studying habitable exoplanets.
Astrophysicists say humans have a chance to find traces of water, oxygen and chlorophyll on an alien planet. According to NASA, our galaxy contains about a hundred million worlds on which life could potentially exist. The agency hopes to find extraterrestrial life within the next 20 years. There is a high probability that an alien life form will be discovered outside the solar system.
