Do you believe that life exists beyond our solar system?

Answer 1

I believe that life exists out there. I'm sure there's intelligent life out there too. Odds are in favor of it, considering our galaxy alone contains 300 billion + stars, and there are hunreds of billions of galaxies like ours. Sixteen planets were found orbiting stars observed in an area in the sky 1/4 the size of the moon as we see it from Earth. And that area was only observed for about 3 weeks, if I remember correctly. We know of over 200 planets orbiting other stars. Imagine how many planets we would find if we could observe every star in every galaxy? That number would be pretty high, and I'm sure the number "eleventy" comes into play.

UPDATE: Extra Terrestrials would have a difficult time reaching Earth, even from the nearest star (Alpha Centauri), it would take over 100,000 years to reach Earth traveling at 25,000 MPH and there are no planets orbiting it.

Answer 2

I completely agree with you, I think it is absolutely possible there is life on other planets!!! Human life, and life in general may not be that unusual at all. How many planets, stars and galaxies have we actually been to? There is no way to disprove of life in places that we have never been. We thought the earth was flat a couple hundred years ago, so what people think is not always a good indication of what's true. I think the possibilities are endless. Life on other planets may be more evolved than humans, and perhaps they do not want us to discover them at this time. Some forms of life may be similar to humans, and others may be totally incomprehensible to us. One reason that people like to say that life can't exist on other planets is because the Bible says that God created the earth, but it did not mention life in other places. So some people believe that life as we know it can only exist on earth.

Answer 3

hey good question The search for life elsewhere in the solar system and beyond should include efforts to detect what scientists sometimes refer to as "weird" life -- that is, life with an alternative biochemistry to that of life on Earth -- says a new report from the National Research Council. The committee that wrote the report found that the fundamental requirements for life as we generally know it -- a liquid water biosolvent, carbon-based metabolism, molecular system capable of evolution, and the ability to exchange energy with the environment -- are not the only ways to support phenomena recognized as life.Our investigation made clear that life is possible in forms different than those on Earth," said committee chair John Baross, professor of oceanography at the University of Washington, Seattle.

The report emphasizes that "no discovery that we can make in our exploration of the solar system would have greater impact on our view of our position in the cosmos, or be more inspiring, than the discovery of an alien life form, even a primitive one. At the same time, it is clear that nothing would be more tragic in the American exploration of space than to encounter alien life without recognizing it
The recent evidence that liquid water-ammonia mixtures may exist in the interior of Saturn's moon Titan suggests that increased priority be given to a follow-on mission to probe Titan, a locale the committee considers the solar system's most likely home for weird life.

"It is critical to know what to look for in the search for life in the solar system," said Baross. "The search so far has focused on Earth-like life because that's all we know, but life that may have originated elsewhere could be unrecognizable compared with life here. Advances throughout the last decade in biology and biochemistry show that the basic requirements for life might not be as concrete as we thought."

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Answer 4

I think it would be very shallow and self centered to think that there isn't. There are billions of planets out there and many have similar attributes to earth.

One theory I like to think about is that if space is infinite, then there would be an infinite possibility for life?

Also, if anyone says "No, because they would have been here by now" is a pretty bold statement. Humans have been here only a very tiny fraction of the time earth has existed (billions of years versus thousand of somewhat modern day humans). Think about it.

If anything, there is a chance that aliens have already visited, but maybe it was millions of years ago before our civilizations existed.

Answer 5

I think so. If I'm bored sitting around, I think about other possible worlds out there. Like worlds, kind of the same as ours, but exactly opposite. Like there is an exact copy of each of us, but the opposite of us here on earth. Sorry if I confused anyone.
I also think about what other worlds would be like. Maybe there is a world out there living 10,000 years behind us. Maybe there is a world with people living 10,000 years longer than us. You never know. It's like that whole, do you believe in angels and ghosts? It's all in the eyes of the beholder. Believe what you want to believe, but don't critize others for their beliefs.

Answer 6

Yes,the Universe contains millions of planets just like ours I bet,that are able to sustain life. And then I start thinking;what is life like for the other life forms.....do they work for a living,or does everyone just live off of the land and help each other.....Is it some kind of weird dominant society that's evil were people kill each other for food......Are they super intelligent,and have advanced way beyond were we are...so many questions

Answer 7

I hope so, would like a visit from them.

Answer 8

Nahhh, if anything was out there it would've come here by now. I mean, we're such an amazing and stupid species, who wouldn't wanna examine our brains?

Answer 9

Yes, I don't see why not.