Project Hail Mary and the Open-Ended Search for Life Beyond Earth

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Experts urge broadening the search for life beyond Earth, starting with familiar clues but open to different chemistries since water isn’t universal, and outline five guiding ideas: question Earth-centric bias, look for broad chemical patterns of metabolism, learn from complex evolving systems, consider technosignatures, and apply strict scrutiny before declaring a discovery.

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The fictional biologist in ‘Project Hail Mary’ claims that potential alien organisms might not be made of carbon or require water, unlike life on Earth.