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Posted on 11/4/13 at 9:45 pm to scrooster
It could be life on other planets. If found, it would be interesting to study how that life arose there. And the evolution of that life.
I don't believe we'll be visited by extra-terrestrials in my lifetime...or in quite a long time, if ever.
I don't believe we'll be visited by extra-terrestrials in my lifetime...or in quite a long time, if ever.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 9:45 pm to scrooster
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Does anyone here believe we might find life on other planets or be visited by other life forms in our life times?
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Posted on 11/4/13 at 9:46 pm to scrooster
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Does anyone here believe we might find life on other planets or be visited by other life forms in our life times?
I do not.
However, scientists say in the next 50 yrs, there is a 100% chance, a supernova will be visible from Earth.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 9:50 pm to Alahunter
I don't either. Our life time is hardly a fraction of a second in space-time.
Supernova thing is cool, but probably only be a tiny flash that takes a super powerful telescope to even observe for a fraction of a second though.
Supernova thing is cool, but probably only be a tiny flash that takes a super powerful telescope to even observe for a fraction of a second though.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 9:54 pm to Alahunter
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Posted on 11/4/13 at 9:55 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
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Supernova thing is cool, but probably only be a tiny flash that takes a super powerful telescope to even observe for a fraction of a second though
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The last star to go supernova in the Milky Way—that astronomers know of—exploded in 1604, before Galileo first turned a telescope to the heavens. But with a neutrino detector now being built within a Japanese mountain that could come online as early as 2016, researchers might be able to do something as yet undone: Make detailed observations of a supernova in our galaxy before it visibly explodes. First, astronomers would be alerted to the unfolding event by the flood of neutrinos generated when a supernova collapses. Within minutes, they could determine the general area of the sky where the explosion would occur, point their infrared telescopes in that direction, and wait for the fireworks
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. But because the Milky Way contains a lot of dust, which effectively blocks visible light, the chances of anyone seeing that explosion in the nighttime sky are 20% or less, the researchers note. Odds are somewhat higher for people in the Southern Hemisphere, though, because many more of the galaxy’s stars are visible from there
the probability of a galactic supernova being visible with the unaided eye from somewhere on Earth within the next 50 years is approximately 20-50 percent, with people in the southern hemisphere getting the best of those odds, since they can see more of our galaxy in the night sky. The odds worsen as you go north; in Columbus, Ohio, for example, the chance could dip as low as 10 percent
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Posted on 11/4/13 at 9:56 pm to Alahunter
I think we will find life on another planet in the next 100 years for sure. It may not be a funny green looking guy that everyone wants to see and may just be a microorganism, but we'll find something I have no doubt
Gotta be something on Europa
Gotta be something on Europa
Posted on 11/4/13 at 9:59 pm to Alahunter
Just one of those things were you have to have low expectations and know you won't really witness anything impressive or likely even noticiable even if you know what and when to look for it because it is so far away.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 10:01 pm to The Calvin
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I think we will find life on another planet in the next 100 years for sure. It may not be a funny green looking guy that everyone wants to see and may just be a microorganism, but we'll find something I have no doubt
Depends on how you define "find". If you mean calculate with near mathematical certainty that some sort of life exists on a specifc planet even if it is just bacteria, sure.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 10:03 pm to Tiger n Miami AU83
I'm talking about a rover actually finding something
Posted on 11/4/13 at 10:10 pm to The Calvin
I sorta doubt it. Too far to travel / send a rover outside of our solar system. First we have to identify a planet with almost complete certainty. Then justify the costs of sending a rover across vast distance into another solar system. Then build it and send it. Then have it transmit back here what is found.
Just my guess but given the vast distance between solar systems and fact Mars is the furthest we have sent a rover (which is like going a couple of centimeters of a mile comparatively).
Just my guess but given the vast distance between solar systems and fact Mars is the furthest we have sent a rover (which is like going a couple of centimeters of a mile comparatively).
Posted on 11/4/13 at 10:26 pm to scrooster
We'll eventually find extra-terrestrial life. I doubt we'll ever be visited by other life forms. There's basically a 0% chance of that happening in our lifetimes. The universe is too large (too much to explore), the distances too great (even if they decided to head directly to Earth), and the lifespan of advanced civilizations are probably too short for that to ever happen.
Edit: If we're ever visited by anything, it'll probably be some sort of non-biological entity, some sort of machine.
Edit: If we're ever visited by anything, it'll probably be some sort of non-biological entity, some sort of machine.
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Posted on 11/4/13 at 10:31 pm to scrooster
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Does anyone here believe we might find life on other planets or be visited by other life forms in our life times?
I believe life is on other planets. I don't believe we will ever get there. Obviously, we are still learning and expanding our technology, but nothing compares to the vastness of space. It takes light multiple years to travel from these planets and we haven't even come close to near light speed travels.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 10:34 pm to GeauxWarTigers
We should be looking for extraterrestrial life here on Earth.
Oh wait...we are.
Oh wait...we are.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 11:55 pm to scrooster
If you assume the universe is infinite and remove any religious opinions, then there is other life out there as sure as monkeys pounding on laptops for infinity will eventually write all the Harry Potter books. With all the galaxy clusters and trillions up trillions of stars out there it's mathematically inevitable.
that said, I do have religious opinions so on that field, no, I do not think there is other life out there. I know, kinda boring.
that said, I do have religious opinions so on that field, no, I do not think there is other life out there. I know, kinda boring.
This post was edited on 11/4/13 at 11:56 pm
Posted on 11/5/13 at 1:51 am to Lordofwrath88
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I do have religious opinions so on that field, no, I do not think there is other life out there. I know, kinda boring.
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Posted on 11/5/13 at 8:14 am to shoe
8 billion is just an approximation; it could be anywhere from a few million to 50 billion for all we know. Anyone who doubts there is life elsewhere in our galaxy (not to mention in the entire universe) simply doesn't have a grasp for statistics.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 9:00 am to GeauxWarTigers
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I believe life is on other planets. I don't believe we will ever get there. Obviously, we are still learning and expanding our technology, but nothing compares to the vastness of space. It takes light multiple years to travel from these planets and we haven't even come close to near light speed travels.
Yeah, honestly I doubt we as a species ever make confirmed contact with other intelligent life in the universe. Like ever.
There is plenty of other intelligent life out there in the universe as well as all sorts of different types of life. But I would guess we cease to exist before we encounter and attempt to converse with it. We as humans aren't going to last forever. Eventually another large asteriod will hit the planet, a supervolcanoe will go off, etc. Universe is damn big, expanding, etc.
Posted on 11/5/13 at 9:12 am to scrooster
Wow this is amazing, I wish I was born like 1000 years from now, so I could be an astronaut and travel with my team to explore these planets. shite would be so cash.
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