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ARE WE ALONE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM?
Are we alone in the Solar System? Whether we're able to answer the question with a resounding yes or no is still a flabbergasting concept. If we are and even extremophiles are nowhere to be found in our solar neighbour hood, then where does that leave us in the hunt for life in planetary systems beyond ours? If we aren't alone, then there's myriad questions to be answered: what's this newly uncovered lifeform like? Are we able to communicate with it? Could we live together in the Solar System without us contaminating its world while we go about our studies of its planet or moon? As you'll discover, scientists from NASA, ESA and elsewhere have some thoughts about that – what's more, they've pinpointed the destinations on our side of the galaxy where life is likely to exist and how we're going to go about sniffing them out.