Could Life Evolve on a Planet?

We know that on earth we have these very niche life forms. And in fact, the start of life itself seems to have curred in a very potentially hostile environment. Even though we had all the chemical reagents to form life, there was so much chaos in the earth's oceans, that it is a mystery. But because it did happen on earth, i could imagine on a planet at least, if you have some kind of energy source,. Some form of life, even non carbon base life, even life that we don't really think of typically, could certainly form. Start a podcast and ask the question, could life evolve on a planet, not in our wonderful black hole out there