Is there intelligent life beyond our solar-system?

Answer 1

Well, considering that our universe is about 14 billion years old, which means it has roughly a 14 billion light year radius, since it expands at the speed of light, there must be some kind of life beyond our little solar system. to put things into perspective, Antares, the brightest star in scorpius, is nearly 10000 times bigger that it is. Of course, other stars like this exist which must have there own planets and what not circling them. It is nearly inevitable that some sort of life exists; whether it is intelligent or not is a different story. To us, we have calculated the universe to work in certain ways, under certain rules which we have placed on them...such as declaring what are and arent liveable circumstances. Though, this is determined by the situation we are in at this moment, being in the system of our sun, and surrounded by what surrounds us. Life, intelligent or not, if found somewhere else, may not be what we think it is, since we truly can only see through our peephole into the universe, which we honestly can only see very little of. If we are ever able to travel light years in any short amount of time, i wouldn't doubt finding life, though, it may be totally different than what our perspective of what life 'is'.

Answer 2

First, the question seems to imply that there is intelligent life within our solar system. This is highly debatable. While there is certainly life in our solar system, whether or not it can be considered "intelligent," especially as it pertains to that among human beings, is highly questionable.

Moving on, if we were to question whether or not there is life, period, beyond our solar system, it would be presumptuous on the grandest scale to suggest that, given the infinite number of stars in the universe, with a probable infinite number of planets accompanying them, ours is the only life in the universe.

Does this imply that all or any claimed sightings of UFOs should be considered valid? Not at all. Even if there were life within or beyond our solar system capable of intergallactic transport, the likelihood that such life would seek our planet specifically is probably fairly low. Nonetheless, this does not rule out the possibility that indeed we may have had extraterrestrial visitors, nor certainly that various governments around the globe, including ours, have, over the years, expended a great deal of money in related research.

Answer 3

though we don't currently have empirical means of answering that question, and we have yet to find a planet that is as conducive to life (and consequentially the evolution of intelligent life) as Earth, I believe the answer is yes. I think so because in the vastness of this universe, the odds that only one planet could host intelligent life are infinitesimal. The universe is so vast that if it were capable of hosting intelligent life at all, there would have to be not one but perhaps thousands or even millions of planets with conditions to accomodate life. I haven't looked too far into it, but you may want to read some of Carl Sagan and Steven Hawking's works for more about this topic.

Answer 4

Yes. A better question is if there is intelligent life in our solar system.

Answer 5

There are more planets than there are grains of sand in all the world, so the probability of other life is pretty much certain. That number is unfathomable. So lets say that there is some type of life in 1 out of 100,000 planets......take 1 out of 100,000 of those planets with intelligent life.....that leaves billions and billions of planets. I haven't done the calculations but I'm pretty sure I'm low-balling it.
But we are so far apart from other solar systems, let alone galaxies that we don't have the technology to find any of them. We pretty much have to wait for another, way more intelligent, life to contact us, becuase they might have the technology to do so.

Answer 6

Considering that there are over 200 billion stars in our own Milky Way galaxy and over 200 billion galaxies in the known universe i would think that there would be many, many instances of intelligent life beyond our solar system

Answer 7

If there is life on earth, and ice on the moon... There is definately life beyond our solar system. There are probably billions of Earth like planets, or close. We are still discovering new species here. Think about it.

Answer 8

In my opinion absolutely.

I compare our little planet to a grain of sand on a beach.

It is very egotistical of us humans to think that no other grain of sand on that beach would not have intelligent life on it.

Why wouldn't they - the odds don't stack up to say that there is no life beyond our solar system.

Answer 9

Did you know that ants and roaches are more intelligent than people, they dont pay taxes, they live anywhere they want to, they dont have prisons, doctors, lawyers and child molesters. They all know their place in life, their job to do, and they do it, there is no welfare, food stamps or other government handouts for the lazy.
Who says that we are intelligent? And your guess is just as good as anyone elses as to if there is other life out there, hope you are happy with all the usless answers you got to this question.

Answer 10

there is neither intelligent life in or out of our solar system