2007-11-12 21:38:11 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The universe is so vast I would imagine there could be some intelligent or non-intelligent life out there, I don't think we will find this out for a few hundred years yet though. Look at how long we've been fannying on with the moon and space telescope.
There really doesn't seem to be any interest in exploring the stars or other planets by the likes of NASA etc, which is weird given the technology we have compared to 50 odd years ago. But I would give it maybe at least another 500 years before we come into contact with another life-form in one way or another and by then we'd be all long gone anyway.
2007-11-12 21:50:04 · answer #1 · answered by tom_p1980 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No. The Universe is extremely large and has innumerable stars like the sun and smaller, around which planets orbit which are similar in conditions to the Earth in some cases. All that is needed for life to develop is liquid water, a few simple compounds of the right type and enough time. It is virtually inevitable that somewhere in the Universe life has developed, and actually i think it must be quite common. After that, conditions have to stay fairly stable for a long time, and even on this planet life consisted entirely of microbes for billions of years, but it is an evolutionary advantage to be able to behave in a flexible way and that can lead to intelligence. There are other animals which have developed a degree of intelligence which are not closely related to humans, for example octopus and mantis shrimps, and more closely related animals such as parrots are even more intelligent. Therefore we are not alone in the Universe.
Also i met one of them in a chalk pit in Sussex in 1992.
2007-11-13 15:09:58 · answer #2 · answered by grayure 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not in the slightest. The Milky Way galaxy contains around 100 billion stars, the Universe contains around 10 billion galaxies, and multiple-planet systems are starting to look like they might be quite a common occurrence. These are the sort of systems which have a far greater chance of developing life.
With a Universe billions of light years across, it would be extremely arrogant of mankind (to say the least) to say that this tiny ball of rock - smaller than 8,000 miles across - is the only site in the cosmos that supports life.
2007-11-15 12:25:42 · answer #3 · answered by general_ego 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes and No. I firmly believe that there is other life, probably even intelligent life, in the Universe. Unfortunately, I also believe that the chances of our civilization ever finding another civilization are so remote that I don't know if it will ever happen. And if by some chance it did, it would be communication by electromagnetic radiation (i.e. radio waves) only.
2007-11-13 11:49:50 · answer #4 · answered by Ryan H 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The answer is in the question itself. Who ever will ask this question will be aware of basic facts of our universe. And the fact is, that there are more than 100 billion galaxies in the universe.
So the answer is a straight NO....
2007-11-13 09:56:42 · answer #5 · answered by Kislay 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't know.
I suspect we're alone in the galaxy due to Fermi's paradox and the fact that aliens should have already conquered the galaxy by now if they existed but I'm not sure about the whole universe.
2007-11-13 05:54:43 · answer #6 · answered by bestonnet_00 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If I may quote:
"Our universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding,
In all of the directions it can whiz;
As fast as it can go, that's the speed of light, you know,
Twelve million miles a minute and 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 out in space,
'Cause there's bu**er all down here on Earth!"
2007-11-13 06:04:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Our world began in a wonderful and magnificent way.
If we, as humans and animals, are here on this earth, surely there has been more planetary systems created with life similar to ours.
So there MUST be, somewhere out there, new life waiting to be discovered...
2007-11-13 15:10:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Personally I don't think so. Too many possible civilizations may have arisen - what with there being 100 billion stars in our local Galaxy and about 100 billion Galaxies in the Universe.
Whether we will ever be contacted or make contact ourselves is another matter.
2007-11-13 05:43:36 · answer #9 · answered by Nexus6 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
There is other inteligent life....
When you look at our small world and see how hard it is for humans to get on together and to comunicate in a way that lets us all live in harmany you must start asking yourself.... do they choose not to make contact or are they unable to make contact because they dont recognise humans as what they see as life.....
Life could existing in a form we dont understand as life
Suz
2007-11-13 12:45:42 · answer #10 · answered by suzanne b 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋