[Rockhounds] What if we find nothing in our search for life beyond Earth?

[Paul]

What if we find nothing in our search for life beyond Earth?
About the SETI Institute, April 7, 2025, Mountain View, CA
https://www.seti.org/press-release/what-if-we-find-nothing-our-search-life-beyond-earth
https://www.phys.ethz.ch/news-and-events/d-phys-news/2025/04/in-the-search-for-life-on-exoplanets-finding-nothing-is-something-too.html

The open access paper is:

Angerhausen, D. et al. What if We Find Nothing? Bayesian 
Analysis of the Statistical Information of Null Results in 
Future Exoplanet Habitability and Biosignature Surveys. The 
Astronomical Journal (2025). 
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/adb96d

Yours,

Paul H.