It seems absolutely ridiculous, but it turns out that Pluto is cryonically active...that is to say there are active ice volcanoes on this tiny little world. Somehow, despite being all the way out in the Oort cloud, there's enough energy for that.
Which by our current theories isn't even possible. But it also means there might be liquid water, fairly close to the surface.
Which means it's not impossible for there to be some kind of life.
Oh...and that means the starseed theory, natural version, is back on the table again. If it's possible for there to be life on one Kuiper belt object, which may be exchanged with other stars, then it's possible for that life to survive on a comet long enough to be dropped on a nice virgin planet.
In other words, science fiction writers, go ahead and base everything off of DNA because we may just all be related.
Or not.
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