do you think there is life out in space?

Answer 1

Probably.

Answer 2

The question is pretty vague.

If you are talking about microbial life, then I think the answer is yes. I really believe that we will find microbial life on Mars in my lifetime. (I am 52.) And, it is likely we will find some on Europa as well.

If you are talking about sentient life, the answer is more complex, much more complex. So far we've seen no verifiable evidence of other sentient species. That said, I believe with some certainty that somewhere in our galaxy at some past, present, or future time, a sentient species did/does/will exist.

Why haven't we heard from them?

Perhaps they are not technologically advanced enough to be heard. They may be mastering stone knives right now, or experiencing their own Rennaisance.

Perhaps they are here right now. Any species sufficiently advanced to travel interstellar distances would be able to hide or masquerade with ease. That Boeing 737 that just flew by may be a surveillance craft.

Perhaps they are so far away they will never notice us and vice versa.

Perhaps they existed a million years ago and died out.

Perhaps they will exist a million years from now.

It is really impossible to know for sure.

The Drake Equation suggests that there is sentient life out there. The Fermi Paradox casts doubt. Play around with the calculation form at the second link and see what you think.

Answer 3

There is a formular out there that basically proves there must be. It says that if each solar system has one planet with life, times that by how many solar systems there are and then times that by how many galaxies there are, there are loads of planets with life on. There is a very short amount of time before we figure out weather or not there is life on mrs and titan. I do think the question should be weather or not there is intellignet life out there then the answer would be more tricky and in my opion, could be scary to find out. there formular used for life also takes into account itelligent life and says that only a few galaxies would have intlliegent life.

But, if space is ifinate, there are a infinate number of galaxies the probability of finding at least one form of life is so huge it must already been proven???

Answer 4

Given the number of other bodies we can see out in space from our quiet little corner of the cosmos, it seems inevitable that other life does exist out there. The difficulty is that we are so far isolated both in space and time that we might never meet them. Suppose Seti discovered a radio signal which provided undeniable proof of the existence of life out in the cosmos. The signals could have been sent so long ago that the life form which sent them is now extinct. Equally, would we recognise "proof of life" when we heard it?

Answer 5

Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
And revolving at 900 miles an hour,
That's orbiting at 19 miles a second, so it's reckoned,
A sun that is the source of all our power.
The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see,
Are moving at a million miles a day
In an outer spiral arm, at 40,000 miles an hour,
Of the galaxy we call the Milky Way.

Our galaxy itself contains 100 billion stars
It's 100,000 light years side to side.
It bulges in the middle, 16,000 light years thick
But out by us its just 3,000 light years wide
We're 30,000 light years from galactic central point,
We go round every 200 million years
And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
In this amazing and expanding Universe.

The Universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
In all of the directions it can whizz
As fast as it can go, at the speed of light you know,
12 million miles a minute, that's the fastest speed there is.
So remember when you're feeling very small and insecure
How amazingly unlikely is your birth
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space
Because they’re all crazy down here on earth.

Answer 6

The possibles of there being LIFE out there is high. However, I do think its intelligent. Imagine the whole of the universe, broken up into 5s. We are 3/5 away along it. So what is the 2/5 we don`t know about. We are taking our 1st steps into space.

Answer 7

Life abounds throughout the galaxy and , we presume, throughout the rest of the universe. Many species achieve sentients and some few are able to establish themselves off their home world, assuring their survival as a species in the face of natural or species caused disaster. Over the centuries, your planet was a curious place to visit once or twice and was not considered very interesting . Sure, your wars showed us how undeveloped you are as a species. Your infantile,(in cosmic terms) dependence on god concepts does not bode well for you and neither does your penchant to breed beyond your planet's ability to sustain you. We are now showing an interest in you because it is not often that we get to observe a species commit suicide. You are so close to maturing as a sentient species and it will be a shame to see you kill yourselves. There are just not enough of you becoming rational enough to force the issue. You let the least among you determine your fate, so be it.

Answer 8

Of course there is...where do you think life on earth came from...it wasnt here from the start or there would have been more evidence, the theory that god made us is kinda true in my mind but only in so far as we originated from the heavens...All the stuff that comes through the atmosphere and crashes to earth causes reactions that form microbes and the like....then you get viruses, animals and us...the biggest leach there ever was..

Answer 9

I cannot believe there is not. Having said that, the wide diversity of life here on this planet that exists in a very narrow temperature range must mean that extra terrestrial life would be nothing at all like life anywhere on this world.

Answer 10

Almost definatly.
Look up at the night sky some night, and just think: each of those tiney lights is a star, and each star has a solar system, just like ours, maybe bigger, maybe smaller. Now think of all those star that you are not seeing (you're facing away from them, or they are just too far away). The Universe is HUGE.... we are not even 1% of the universe.
Think of all those planets... probably a google plex (look it up)... the chances that there is another planet that supports life like our does... is 99% if not, higher

Answer 11

no, not in space but somewhere beyond that great void, yes - yes there is! space itself is an empty void without what seems to be life as we know it on earth. is it possible for a life form to exist in a space void that does not need air? possible but highly unlikely.