2006-06-13 11:25:17 · 15 answers · asked by psbrock 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I'd say 50/50, just guessing. For just 'life' with no intelligence, such as plant, animal, or some other form, I'd say 90 percent. Intelligent life is tougher to do.
2006-06-13 11:28:45 · answer #1 · answered by merlin_steele 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would have to say that based on tons of research it is very likely that there is intelligent life outside of our solar system, probably more intelligent than us. I was watching this documentary on the discovery channel a while back about a space craft found recently. It was incredible. Obviously by just looking at it I knew it wasn't something we could have created. I was just really surprised that the Government actually allowed that documentary to be released on national tv. They showed you the entire outside and some of the inside and showed us the techniques they were using to try and figure out how the darn thing worked. Well, they figured out by accident that it had a cloaking device (invisibility shield) by turning it on. Of course it didn't go totally invisible, it just blended in with the background (what was behind it) so that from some sort of a distance it would be really hard to tell that it was there. Anyway, do some research and use your own judgement. As for me, the universe is way too huge and vast for it to just be limited to us. I still believe in God, but I don't think we are the only beings he created.
2006-06-13 18:50:39 · answer #2 · answered by starchild8072 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would guess that there's a pretty good chance that there's intelligent life somewhere out there beyond our solar system. As for what the odds are, I couldn't even begin to guess.
2006-06-20 18:31:01 · answer #3 · answered by emerald_ravenstar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We know of one star with 10 planets where intelligent life developed.
There are roughly 400 billion stars in our Milky Way Galaxy.
There are roughly 1 Trillion stars in our neighbor the Andromeda Galaxy.
There are possibly billions of galaxies, each with between 1 billion to 1 Trillion stars, in our universe.
The odds of intelligent life outside our solar system are probably fairly good.
2006-06-20 08:43:21 · answer #4 · answered by 63vette 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to astronomers, there are 100 billion galaxies with 100 billion stars in each one. Now, do the math. If only one percent of the stars have class M planets capable of having carbon based life forms, then that is a staggering amount.
Another possibility is that there are multitudes of parallel universes. You can read more about this at the website of Michio Kaku (a brilliant physicist). Also there is information to be found at www.stephenhawking.com
2006-06-13 20:58:09 · answer #5 · answered by fingerpicknboys 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't have enough information to guess the odds. Like the other posters, I hope there is lots of life out there. Since there are so many stars in the universe, I would says it's 99.9999% probable there is life somewhere.
2006-06-13 18:54:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its pretty selfish to say that we are the only intelligent life in the universe. It's 100% that their is life other than us. We just are not that technologically advanced to find it.
2006-06-13 18:32:06 · answer #7 · answered by Brad K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Using mathematics to determine the chances of life elsewhere in the universe, one estimate determines that there are approximately 10^75 advanced societies.
Steve
:-D
2006-06-14 02:43:16 · answer #8 · answered by ableego 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God I hope there's intelligent life outside our solar system because there's bugger all down here.
Thank you, Monty Python.
2006-06-13 18:28:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
100%. If there were only one world with intellegent life per galaxy, that would still make for hundreds of thousands of intelligent species.
2006-06-13 18:49:28 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. October 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋