Is there life on other planets?

Considering the number of stars in the universe, even if only a few of them have planets, it seems highly unlikely that Earth is the only planet supporting life.

However, it seems that all life on Earth evolved from a single ancestor, suggesting that abiogenesis is extremely rare. It is possibly so rare that it has only ever happened once anywhere?

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gol979 · 41-45, M

Billions of planets in the goldilocks zones so the chances are fairly high that there is other life

suzie1960 · 61-69, F

@gol979 Agreed and, considering the inhospitable places life has been found to exist on Earth, the Goldilocks zone could be a lot bigger than we think.