Who else believes that there is life out there, beyond what we know? There has to be some other sort of life?

Question

I find it hard to believe that in a Universe that has yet to be completely discovered, that we are the only planet cappable of supporting life.

Answer 1

As one who is a christian, and also believes in evolution, I think that God designed the laws of physics and nature to allow life to develop wherever conditions are suitable.

It wasn't long ago that scientists believed that life could only exist where there was light. Since then, explorations have found life thriving in isolated ecosystems that were previously thought to be barren of living things.

Life has been found in vast quantites and in unique forms on the ocean floor around volcanic vents and frozen methane deposits; miles deep in sedimentary rock, and miles deep in ice layers at both poles. In the case of the first example, huge ecosystems developed where the bottom of the food chain relies on chemosynthesis instead of photosynthesis and thrive among above-boiling temperatures and toxic chemicals. Some of these plants and animals have no similar known living counterparts anywhere else on the planet. Only 10% of the ocean depths have been explored so far, and on every expedition, new species are being discovered.

Life is tenacious, as it turns out. If life can be found in such inhospitable places and in such a wide variety of environments here on earth, then why not on other planets? The building blocks of life are common throughout the universe. They are proven to be able to form from natural processes on earth with elements and compounds known to be common throughout the universe, and are also found in meteors and asteroids.

And if earth life can stun scientists with its adaptability, then perhaps it can also be even farther from the similarities of those forms that we know, as in non-carbon based.

Why would God not wish to create life somewhere else? There is no scriptural reason to believe that He didn't, or couldn't.

Our galaxy has billions of stars. There are billions of other galaxies, that each have billions of stars. Chances are, that somewhere among them, there is a planet just perfectly positioned from its own sun to allow life to develope and probably evolve.

So yes, I believe in life outside of earth, outside of our solar system, and outside of our galaxy. Maybe not little green men with ray guns, but microbes? Definitely. Complex, multicellular animals and plants? Probably. Intelligent life? I wouldn't bet against it.

Answer 2

Sure, the odds are overwhelmingly in your (our) favor. Along the same lines as another respondent, let's remember that "life" can include anything from simple, microbial forms up to--and beyond--sperm whales, for example.

The issue of locating "intelligent life" is more tricky, since we're not 100% sure of what "intelligence" really is--and that's a controversial subject these days! We've been announcing our presence to the universe for something around 100 years by our radio transmissions. And that's the limiting factor. Someone would have to be within about 100 light-years of us to know we exist; likewise we would need to be within their transmission sphere to detect them. The odds aren't very good at all--given real interstellar distances.

Still, the the probability for life out there is unbelievably good. And who knows, we may get lucky! I suggest you look at Timothy Ferris' video: Life Beyond Earth. It's awesome--well made, erudite, and easy to follow with LOTS of information.

Enjoy!

Answer 3

Precisely. I'm rather certain that this universe is full of life. I believe that life is introduced from planet, to planet by the most advanced beings out there who have mastered inter-stellar space travel. The Bible calls them angels.

Answer 4

Of course there is life out there. Think of it like this. . . . . You can prove there is not a needle in a haystack because you can search and disect every bit of the haystack. However. . . . lets imagine the universe is the haystack and the needle is life. You can not prove there isn't a needle (life) in the haystack (universe) because the universe never ends. To think that this is the only planet capable of sustaining life. . . or the only one with life. . . is redicalous! It's kind of like questioning god. . . . . who made god? Ok.. . .I have to go now. . . I'm going to explain the BIG BANG theory to my neighbor lady. . . . . and my version has nothing to do with the universe. . . OHHH!

Answer 5

I think there is some other form of life in the universe. I don't know if there are humans, but some type of life. Maybe bacteria or other animal like species.

Answer 6

I know there is. I have a space buddy that I call bt and he always wants to phone home but I tell him the phone service is not there yet.His space ship ran out of dutomium cells last week and he is stranded until the supply ship comes back in october. I need to find him a job because he is eating me out of house and home. All he likes to eat is cavier and lobster.

Answer 7

I believe that there is life "out there", but when people think of extraterrestrial life, they immediately think of creatures like us; tool-using, technological creatures. Much of the life out there is probably like the rest of life on earth; microbes, plants, animals, and the like. Technological civilizations like us are probably quite a bit rarer. To put it in perspective, you have to remember that life has been on Earth for three billion years, but we as a technological, space faring civilization capable of announcing our presence to the universe have been around for less than a human lifetime.

Answer 8

There has got to be more than just us.
If our sun is a star, and planets revolve around it, think of how many other stars could be just the same way!

Answer 9

Absolutely yes, why should we be the only life forms in the universe.

Answer 10

existing of alien,has been always captivating. because the universe is too big and there are infinity of planets in the universe.
So I thing there should be some aliens.
but the probability of advanced civilization depends on several factors. In 1961 American scientist, frank drake, created an equation which determines how many advanced civilizations there are in our galaxy:
N=N*(fp)(ne)(fl)(fi)(fc)(fL)
that means the number of advanced civilization in our galaxy equals:
number of stars in milky way, times to
fraction of stars that have planets around them, times to
number of planets that are capable of sustaining life, times to:
fraction of planets in Ne(number of planets that are capable...) where life involves, times to:
fraction of Fl(fraction of planets in Ne) where intelligent life involves, times to:
the fraction of Fi(fraction of Fl) that communicate times to:
fraction of planet's life during which the communicating civilization live.
so you can estimate how many advanced civilization are there in our galaxy.