Originally Posted by shakran

This has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the topic.


Life formed on Earth, which means it's possible. Even if it's very improbable, the number of stars in the universe would indicate that it's likely life formed somewhere else.

And they won't necessarilly need water to do it either. Life on earth evolved needing water because there's so much of it. A planet with 4/5ths of its surface covered in liquid methane might well spawn life that requires methane, and for whom water is a deadly poison.