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What is Fl in the Drake equation?

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What is Fl in the Drake equation?

Extraterrestrial Intelligence:

Extraterrestrial intelligence is life that is capable of learning and understanding things that evolved on a planet that isn't Earth. It is both a threat and an opportunity to humanity since it could potentially exploit or assist it.

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The term FI in the Drake equation represents the proportion of life-permitting planets that will go on to develop life. The value of this term is not...

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Planetary Predictors of Extraterrestrial Life

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Most scientists agree that life needs liquid water in order to survive. Explore our solar system beyond Earth to discover places that have liquid water, and therefore planetary predictors of extraterrestrial life, including Mars and some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, including Europa, Callisto, Ganymede and Enceladus.


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