Do you believe there is life in another galaxy?

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Answer 1

Well good Evening Ms Blue...

Yes, I do. There are endless possibilities for life to exist somewhere else in this Galaxy or in other galaxies. All it takes is a planet with similar characteristics to Earth's and a location in orbit around a star roughly the same distance away from the star as Earth is from the Sun, and life could develop.

Now, you must, having asked such a question, be prepared to accept that life on that distant planet might be in any number of forms, right? There might be lots of varieties of fish there. Birds might be the dominant species. Etc., Etc.

There is nothing to suggest that human forms have developed on another planet after having gone through a completely different set of circumstances than Earth has experienced over the past four to five Billion Years. It is also possible that by the time we find our Earth equivalent planet, that some catastrophe might have wiped out all life on that very planet years ago.

Second new idea for you... What process would you recommend for detection of Fish, Live Birds, or Live Reptiles on a planet 50 to 100 Light Years away from us? They obviously would not have EMail or Television Stations like we do. Space probes flying at altitudes of 250 Miles would not detect them. What ideas do you have on the detection and location of these creatures using our present telescopes and radio telescopes?

Please realize that any probe launched to such a planet would take far longer than 100 Years to arrive in that vicinity, and that any radio transmission or video picture would take 100 years to arrive here after transmission.

Answer 2

Yes, there simply must be life out there. I'm sure there's life within a few dozen light-years of Earth. Perhaps extraterrestrial life exists within our own solar system. There are several candidate worlds in our own system that may host life forms, including:

-Mars
-Europa (moon of Jupiter)
-Titan (moon of Saturn)
-Enceladus (moon of Saturn)

That's just our own solar system. Astronomers have found hundreds of planets orbiting other stars. The current number of known extrasolar planets is 248.

If we continue to explore space and colonize other worlds, I'm sure we will encounter forms of extraterrestrial life.

I am hopeful!

Answer 3

Most definitely. The odds are totally in favor. More and more so every day.