2006-08-10 07:14:14 · 10 answers · asked by Ariel 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Ive answered this one to many times.
I dont think that intelegent life exists, but life does exist. I know that. Imagine this: A gas Giant. Nothing but clouds oif gas. Inside jupitur. How can life survive? They can float! Blimp-like creatures could fly and be hunted by gliding creatures called "sword tails", or perhaps an organism that has no mouth or nose for breathing, since it abosbs the ice on europa, and gets food by photosynthesis, on the moon of Europa. Or EVEN IN VENUS!!! There could be fat creacures that are resistant to the intence heat, and can last heavy pressure. They eat rocks and metal, and since the surface is boiling hot, they keep standing on one foot, alternating every once in a while. Great thinking, no?
Intelegent life doesn't exist as far as I know, but other forms of life, like the ones I listed, or single celled organisms, could.
My answer: Yes! Definatly. There are kinds of life that can adapt to nearly anything. Bacteria for instance. Its a huge, wide space, and Earth isnt the only planet with life. Definatly not. Earthlings adapted to life on this planet. If we were somewhere like Europa or Titan, we might not have to breate, or be resistant to very cold temperatures. Imagine that!
2006-08-10 10:04:01 · answer #1 · answered by iam"A"godofsheep 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody knows for sure, Atleast none has been discoverd in our own solar system.astronomers are always finding new extra-solar planets, but none of the planets found so far are capable of supporting life as we know it( Smallest extrasolar planet found yet is 6 times the earth's size)The reason that no planets outside of our own solar system aproximating or resembling the size of our planet have been found is the fact that stars are so bright infact that finding an earth sized planet in the light of its parent star is like picking out the light from a candle sitting in front of a spotlight, So until our methods of finding these planets has improved, This is all we can hope to find as far as life outside the solar system is concerned.Finding life inside the solar system would be much easier, But so far none has been found other than some suspected fossils mentioned in another post, allthough many scientists theorize life on one of jupiters moons aswell as on saturns largest moon titan, but so far no proof.(Some have said that it would be a mathmatical improbabiltiy if there was no life in the universe besides us, And I tend to agree with that theory...)
2006-08-10 09:03:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This has not been proven yet, but if I was a betting man I would say yes, there is life out there... there is a high, high probability.....that life of some kind exists on other celestial bodies, beyond our solar system....earth is a small rocky planet with an average size star as its sun, earth sits on the edge of an enormous spiral Galaxy, with billions of of stars... there are also billions of other galaxies with even more stars in them, so to answer your question, we do not know yet if any of the stars have orbiting life sustaining planets, but look at the odds....Life outside our planet is also supported by UFO sightings, which are widely seen all over the world by even our shuttle astronauts...the NUFORC web site reports many are seen as discs, elongated, or delta shaped..often observed on radar moving at many times the speed of sound without braking the sound barrier....I will admit I have seen a disc, not more than 300 feet from...some one please tell me that's it is an American craft, because if it is not, then we have visitors......
2006-08-10 08:23:38 · answer #3 · answered by ka5flm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO amout of guessing or conjecture can answer this question, even though there are very heated debates on the subject.
If there is life, do you mean intelligent life or just ANYTHING that grows and multiplies (plant, for example)?
A totally planet life planet is impossible, by our understanding because they would suffocate. Likewise an animal only planet.
The chances are... argument is really silly if you think about it.
I always counter it like this. if you count from one to infinity, how many times will you encounter the number (not the digit, not the character) 3?
only one time in infinity. and infinity is definitely greater than the number of starts and planets out there!
2006-08-10 10:16:24 · answer #4 · answered by athorgarak 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best arguement set for for this is probably "Drakes Equation" which attempts to calculate the possibility not only for life, but intelligent life.
Currently there is a debate about whether a meteorite found in Antartica that came from Mars contains very small fossilized life. (AH0004).
Many people speculate that Europa (a moon of Jupiter) could potentially harbor life in oceans beneath the surface.
And Titan (a moon of Saturn) has many of the organic compounds that is speculated that Earth had in it's primordial stage. However, Titan is so cold that they believe it's been unable to kick off life.
Hope this helps.
2006-08-10 07:38:51 · answer #5 · answered by Doob_age 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There probably is, considering that there are like billions of galaxies in the universe. Unfortunately, all of the galaxies in the universe are getting farther away from each other with every passing second, so I don't think that humans will ever be able to discover other life forms or planets that can sustain life.
2006-08-10 08:22:52 · answer #6 · answered by Ravi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think as long as we don't meet some alien form even if they exist it doesn't matter so just wait for the right time and may be u might meet a life form from some other planet
2006-08-10 08:51:03 · answer #7 · answered by arvik_the_first 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Within the whole of the universe, it does seem most probable that somewhere there will be life.
2006-08-10 10:47:46 · answer #8 · answered by bob_themighty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why not.
2006-08-10 07:20:23 · answer #9 · answered by Tom H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. But God isn't a planet...
2006-08-10 07:46:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋