2006-10-26 03:59:16 · 26 answers · asked by puggas 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Look at it this way, every star out there (and there are billions) is exactly the same as our sun, therefore it has the same chance of one of its planets being just the correct distance away to be able to encourage life forms to inhabit it, so out of all of those billions of stars (and god knows how many more there are) do you think it is likely that we are the only planet out there with some form of life.
2006-10-26 04:05:06 · answer #1 · answered by holmegirl 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Apart from the classic line, "I'm still looking for intelligent life on this one," there has got to be.
In this galaxy alone, if 0.5% of stars could have planets around them, and 0.5% of those planets could have the conditions to foster life, and if 0.5% of those planets actually have life, and if 0.5% of those planets had intelligent life, there would be approx. 125,000 planets in the Milky Way that have intelligent life.
Combine that with the millions of galaxies, and you get the feeling that if we're the only intelligent life in the universe, then it's an awful waste of a LOT of space.
From another perspective, we've only been sending out signals for ~100 years, and intentionally for about 50 years. That's really not a lot of time, if you think about it.
2006-10-26 11:04:13 · answer #2 · answered by dawooget 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
There must be- just not in this galaxy. We'd probably have had many alien visitings by now! There are so many stars that we can see in the sky and in the known universe so it's pretty much certain that there's other life forms that are as intelligent as us. But that's not very intelligent really!!! By the way, I'm only 12. I lied about my age cuz i wanted to answer some questions!!!
2006-10-26 14:13:32 · answer #3 · answered by Molly C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, biologists agree that basically there was a 1 in 2 million chance that life would arise on earth. While those odds are not great, there are millions of galaxies with thousands of stars, each surrounded by many, many planets. The chances that intelligent life would exist within these trillions of possibilities is quite great.
2006-10-26 11:07:13 · answer #4 · answered by pdigoe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Karen, please be a little more original! This question has been asked a thousand times and is talked about all the time. But no, it is only wishful thinking. It takes a fantastically unlikely combination of circumstances to create life, and another equally fantastic and unlikely combination to create intelligent life like ours.
Also, unless such life exists within say 10,000 light years, we shall never know of it. So give up dreaming and live your life on this earth. The knight in shining armor coming for you will probably be from your town.
2006-10-26 11:12:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. But I think it would be in another galaxy. It would be an awfully lonely universe if we are the only planet that had life on it.
2006-10-26 12:31:50 · answer #6 · answered by Rowan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your definition of "intelligent".
I've often wondered if there was intelligent life on this planet
2006-10-26 13:19:56 · answer #7 · answered by lowflyer1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... universe is huge and our sistem solar is a dust in the milky way... there must be a lot of chances that another planet in another solar system supports life... but as far as intelligent life?... nobody knows that...it depeds on how life has evolved.... but take earth as an exaple.. .... :)
2006-10-26 11:15:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
lots of good answers here!( excepting a few) these must be the most inteligent people on this planet! But, yes. I would find it impossible to believe that there wasn't life elsewhere..
2006-10-26 12:12:25 · answer #9 · answered by Big hands Big feet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES, it is foolish to think that the planet that we live on is the only
place in the whole universe to have life on it.
2006-10-26 11:09:11 · answer #10 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋