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Read "Goldilocks” and Life on Other Planets: Just Right or a Lot of Hype? by Lindsay Manez.
Imagine humanlike creatures who can communicate with each other, build cities, care for families, and make discoveries-beings who are as curious about us as we are about them.
Why does the author most likely include this sentence in the article?
A to challenge a common opinion about life on other planets
B to highlight the impossibility of finding life on other planets
С to describe how many people think of life on other planets
D to suggest why people are interested in life on other planets
Answer: С to describe how many people think of life on other planets
Step-by-step explanation:
Manez describes what people usually think of as life on other planets to explain that the findings in that field could be quite different than what most people imagine. While most people imagine humanlike creatures whit features and abilities similar to those of humans, the planets that scientists are analyzing as possibly habitable places are most likely holding life in the form of bacterias. Although is not what people may expect, bacteria is a form of life.