Do you believe in other life in the Universe?

[Dino Bravo]

I feel it's a mathmatical impossibility with billions of planets that only 1 has intelligent life.

 

[T.Lex]

I feel it's a mathmatical impossibility with billions of planets that only 1 has intelligent life.

Math says its a close call.

Related.

Dyson sphere potential.
BBC - Earth - The most mysterious star in the galaxy

More complexity in planets than we previously thought.
Hot Jupiter In Retrograde: Scientists Find New Planet With Weird Weather Around Fast Star

 

[T.Lex]

Oh, and this:
Dinosaur asteroid hit 'worst possible place' - BBC News

It is becoming clear that the 15km-wide asteroid could not have hit a worse place on Earth.
...
Had the asteroid struck a different location, the outcome might have been very different.
"This is where we get to the great irony of the story – because in the end it wasn’t the size of the asteroid, the scale of blast, or even its global reach that made dinosaurs extinct – it was where the impact happened," said Ben Garrod, who presents The Day The Dinosaurs Died with Alice Roberts.

 

[Alpo]

Watching the Science Channel and they're discussing the end of our sun and solar system.
When our sun explodes it's the end of our solar system.
The remains will be flung into space and OUR remains will be out in space possibly re-seeding the universe with our life elements.

A really good scifi flick. Lots of physics/technical "gotchas" but a very visually exciting film.

[video=youtube_share;r8BSlqHAhuY]http://youtu.be/r8BSlqHAhuY[/video]

 

[NKBJ]

When the slide rule cats examined the angle and location of impact my reaction was oh wow now that's excellent marksmanship.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Milky Way’s loner status is upheld. Galaxy’s location in a vast cosmic void could help explain dueling universe expansion rates

 

[T.Lex]

In other news, Kepler (the telescope, not the astronomer) has identified another dozen or so exoplanets in their respective goldilocks zones. So, t'will be interesting to see how the other data points map out in terms of tidal orbits of moons, presence of water and nitrogen, etc.

 

[sgreen3]

I firmly believe in there to life somewhere out there. Its to just vast an amount of real estate for there to be nothing else. The universe is an unfathomable amount of space so I would say just shear chance there would be something else. No whether we'll actually see or find them or they find us (which I think its probably they've already found us) is another story due to the distance it would take for a more advanced civilization to make contact. The shear numbers alone makes the idea plausible, the Drake Equation is a good look at how those numbers may stack up.... https://astrosociety.org/edu/publications/tnl/77/77.html

 

[T.Lex]

I firmly believe in there to life somewhere out there. Its to just vast an amount of real estate for there to be nothing else. The universe is an unfathomable amount of space so I would say just shear chance there would be something else. No whether we'll actually see or find them or they find us (which I think its probably they've already found us) is another story due to the distance it would take for a more advanced civilization to make contact. The shear numbers alone makes the idea plausible, the Drake Equation is a good look at how those numbers may stack up.... https://astrosociety.org/edu/publications/tnl/77/77.html

Yeah, this was discussed elsewhere around here recently.

The mathematical issue with the Drake equation is that we're also finding more variability in the universe.

 

[sgreen3]

Yeah, this was discussed elsewhere around here recently.

The mathematical issue with the Drake equation is that we're also finding more variability in the universe.

Sorry I couldn't bring myself to read through 39 pages ha ha ha. I just think it lends itself to some good discussion. Makes things a little bit more real when you can put a figured behind something...

 

[searpinski]

Sure I believe it's possible and plausible. Pretty big place though.

 

[Alpo]

And we are 32 million miles from where we were yesterday. Don't forget your wallet.

 

[singlesix]

And we are 32 million miles from where we were yesterday. Don't forget your wallet.

No wonder Monday felt like it flew by ...

 

[halfmileharry]

No wonder Monday felt like it flew by ...

As you get older even the decades fly by. It's all related ya know.

 

[RiNo6589]

I also think the universe is too expansive for there not to be other life of some sort.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Heh.

'Anonymous' says NASA has evidence of aliens

 

[jamil]

Heh.

'Anonymous' says NASA has evidence of aliens

We probably shouldn't look to "weaponized autists" for truth. We should probably just hope the "truth" they believe is really truth when they decide to go after someone.

 

[halfmileharry]

Heh.

'Anonymous' says NASA has evidence of aliens

This has been discussed a lot lately on the Discovery channels, Untold secrets of the universe, etc.
It's most likely the main reason I started the thread. I'm not convinced there's other life and won't be until I get hit upside the head by one of them. My luck is I'll probably get ***** slapped by a midget alien in front of my friends.

 

[Alpo]

Would that be like the guy at the bar that got a leprechaun from the hard-of-hearing genie?

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

And we are 32 million miles from where we were yesterday. Don't forget your wallet.

Or your towel, especially if you plan to hitch hike back.