This paper is a popular science article, which introduces the difficult course of scientists exploring whether there is life outside the earth, and finally shows that whether there is life outside the earth is still an unsolved mystery so far. The title of the article is The Mystery of Life in the Universe. Therefore, the author firmly grasps the "mystery" in the writing process to organize the article.

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Zhang Shenbei, 1958, joined Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, deputy director of Shanghai Institute of Brain Research, China Academy of Sciences, and deputy director of Shanghai Life Science Research Center, China Academy of Sciences.

Editor-in-chief Zhao Xiaomei, whose main works are Lucky Grass, Writing Course and HSK Chinese Proficiency Test. On September 4, 2020, with the approval of the meeting of the Secretariat of the Chinese Writers Association, 663 members of the Chinese Writers Association were developed in 2020, including Zhao Xiaomei, and the membership date was August 20, 2020.