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ETH Zurich, the Swiss federal institute, recently opened its new Center for the Origin and Prevalence of Life, an interdisciplinary institute to analyze the current and future observations of the Earth and the universe. During the opening ceremony, astrophysicist Sasha Quanz said that we might be able to detect the presence of life outside our solar system in the next 25 years.⁠ ⁠ The claim might sound too ambitious, especially when, after years of work, we are still not sure if planets inside the solar system can support life. However, Quanz recollected that it was only the year 1995 that we had discovered the first planet outside our solar system. In less than three decades, we now have a potential list of 100 billion exoplanets to be discovered in the Milky Way galaxy alone.⁠ ⁠ Astronomers are of the view that the 100 billion stars in the galaxy have at least one planet in their orbit that would be at the right distance from it to have liquid water and support conditions for life. What astronomers need to find out is whether these exoplanets have an atmosphere and what it is made up of. ⁠ ⁠ Find out more at the link in bio.🚀⁠ #engineering #interestingengineering