Are you sure there can’t be life at that temperature? There are some life-forms here on Earth that live in or near volcanoes. Don’t rule anything out.

“That’s why you tend to find methanogens inside deep-sea hydrothermal vents, within the Earth’s crust, and within exhumed segments of the planet’s mantle. “

There are clearly strange things on Earth, why not stranger things 280 light years away.

Maybe, as we develop better telescopes that work from deeper in space, and better listening equipment, we can pick up some of their re-runs. What was going on in “The Office” a billion years ago?