Are we alone, or is there life elsewhere in the universe?

Answer 1

I think its extremely naive to think there isnt.life will flurish given the right conditions.this universe is massive.the chances that there isnt another planet with similiar conditions is VERY small.the chances are for it.and even at that it doesnt mean it has to have conditions exactly like ours.there have been fish found at the bottom of the sea in dark conditions previously thought uninhabitable.look no further than mars and venus,our neighbouring planets.scientists recogn that venus could of had earth like conditions millions of years ago.they found ice caps on mars.water is essential to life as we know it.the conditions on mars could of once supported life and as time goes on they seem to be thinking that its more likely that it has done at some stage.and thats just in our solar system.i have no doubt that in such a huge universe life of some description must exist.it WILL flurish given the right conditions and theres an unimaginable amount of places for there to be the correct conditions.as for if there is intelligent life out there i would imagine its quiet likely aswell.we think we are so developed but just imagine if creatures similar to ours flurished a million years ago on some distant planet.that means today theyve evolved one million years from where we are today.its quiet likely that their are intelligent being out there.as for aliens visiting us i dont know.thats not something we can prove as such but the chances are there is life out there and it could even be intelligent

Answer 2

The fun part of the question is that no one knows. No one can say that there is, as the proof cannot be shown, and at the same time no one can say there isn’t – an argument that cannot be proved or disproved, therefore opportunity for free and open speculations, which is great for fun.

But the serious concerns are there two. For example, what if there are aliens, and that they are watching us, tuning into our TV and satellite broadcasts, trying to ascertain risks with a well determined attach in the near future to come and exploit an intellectually impoverished and yet extravagant race. And what if they are to land tomorrow early in the morning? Or there might also be good aliens about. They might have some space and technological goodies for us. They might help us find the way to travel faster than C. But in view of the fact how much we usually get from our neighbours here on earth these might turn out to be just happy thoughts.

However, more philosophically, if I imagine that we are alone, utterly alone then I kill my belief in any possibilities of an alien life in the universe, but given the fact the universe if immensely vast and complicated at least this much lonely I must feel in order to enable my mind to do something about it, send mind waves across the galaxies for instance. This is ironic.

Answer 3

There is a higher possibility that Life exists elsewhere in the Universe than not at all. Astronomers and cosmologists have discovered many exo-planets beyond the Solar System, something like a hundred. The problem now is that we do not have the technology to detect life on them or to reach these distant places in a manned space-craft. It could take another 50 or 100 years to confirm whether Life exists on these planets. But the question remains:: Even if there is a different form of Life existing there, but not suitable for human habitation, we may not travel or land there for any useful purpose. We hope that any big threat of survival will not happen to Earth soon, before Mankind is capable enough to make an exodus to the nearest habitable planet, and that could take a few centuries to a millennium -- no one can ever predict.

Answer 4

"What other purpose does the universe serve besides fabricating possiblities."

The factors that determine the possibility of life may exist else where with in the known universe.
These factors are as followed---
1.Correct distance from a star in correspondence to the stars circumference.
2.
A correct chemical compostion.
A planet with hydrogen, or another chemical liquid capable of evaporation, due to step 1.
In addition some form of soil capable of seedling growth.

3.
A specific orbital, and revolutionary path, that the earth like planet would have to have, in order to get an even amount of star radiation.
4.
A certain component of radiation that emits from the star, that allows a evolutionary process to take place.
This possibility is rather hard to come upon statistically.
A fabricated materialistic mutation that mutates in correlation to its surroundings, would be necessary for an intelligent life to form.
An elastic even genetic form of matter.
Also reproduction would have to come with the entire package, or else evolution wouldn't work as well as it does here on earth.
6.
An unspecified amount of time.
I believe once these things are there-life may form.
Steven Hawking's estimated that there exists 100,000 galaxies each with 100,000 stars-
Just imagine how many planets there could be, live life.
One day we will travel thousands of light years, through a theoretical process known as EIP (eternal intelligence preservation).
This is simply were mind energy is transferred into a machine, and then turned off until the spaceship has arrived to its destination at this point the mind in the computer is turned on, and you have a genius working out a plan of spreading life.
Etc, etc, good theory, peace.

Answer 5

it's ludicrous thinking we are the unique and only form of life in the entire universe.


with a proper picture of the actual size of the universe I think everyone would accept the quite obvious truth that other life exists right now elsewhere.
I've seen an analysis that concluded that the AVERAGE distance between intelligent life civilisations is approximately 25,000 LIGHT YEARS. we've been looking on the moon (- 1 LIGHT SECOND from earth) and Mars (20 LIGHT SECONDS from earth) - we are definitely confused!!!!!

Even if we could travel at light speed we'd need to have lifespans in excess of 25.000 years to even stand a fair chance to meet a non human lifeform.

if it helps to contextualise there are approx 13 BILLION LIGHT YEARS between here and the horizon of the universe.

25,000 goes into 13 billion quite a few times, indicating 1000's of intelligent civilisations existing as contemporaries many are probably travelling in spaceships around their tiny bit of their solar system unable to even penetrate the furthest depth of their own galaxy before extinction after millions of years of existence!

Answer 6

George Bush is the first of an invasion force, his job was to destabilise the world so that there would be no problem when the rest of the invasion force comes to earth.
Of course there is life out there, it is quite ridiculous for the human race to think that we are the only life in the entire universe.

Answer 7

Considering how huge the universe is, there has to be life elsewhere. If there is life on earth, then why wouldn't there be life elsewhere?

Answer 8

Life is out there. There is no way that we are the only life form in the universe.

Answer 9

Well some of the horrors I've slept with over the years would indicate that there is life on other planets.

Answer 10

Well my boss looks like a Klingon so I would say no we are not alone. Besides in a universe that big, surely we can't be.