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Is There Life On Other Planets? The Odds Say Yes Were is The Proof?

Posted by 7434be • 3/26/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: astronomy, galaxy, milky way galaxy, size of galaxy

If your a scientist or mathematician then the odds would be in favor of yes their is life out there on one of the 100 billion other stars
in the Milky Way Galaxy.the question is were is the proof?The Sun is revolving around the center of the Galaxy at a speed of half a million miles per hour, yet it will still take 200 million years for it to go around once.Since the Earth lies in the disk of the Milky Way, dust prevents us from determining the large scale structure of the Galaxy's spiral pattern beyond a few thousand light-years.What lies at the center of our Galaxy? Again, dust obscures the visible light from us.So many questions and so few answers.Do you think there is life in another galaxy or right here in our own?

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3/26/09

UncleBeau

There is no life on any star.

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3/26/09

7434be

Aw I thought you were a space cadet, what about life on a planrt

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3/26/09

legbamel

Prove that there isn't - go visit every planet in the universe and get back to us. Short of finding life on another planet, there is no way to provide "proof" of something that is conjecture.

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3/26/09

samureyed

Using Drakes Equation, which depends on the variables inputted into each parameter, there is definitely life on other planets.

However, we are only able use parameters for life that we understand, whos to say that life cannot exist in extreme conditions elsewhere in the universe. Changing one variable on the equation can greatly increase the number of life bearing planets from a handful to thousands and thousands.

Keep in mind life does not mean intelligent life.

IMO, there is absolutely life. Our galaxy alone contains at least 200 billion stars, and even up to double that, we're not completely sure. We estimate that there are probably 100 billion OTHER galaxies in the observable universe, some containing more or less stars than ours. Multiply those numbers together and try and tell me theres no chance for other life.. Not to mention, thats the 'observable galaxy'. Theres always the possibility of multiple galaxies. We as humans are very naive to whats actually out there.

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1. 3/27/09
  
  7434be
  
  And yes there is probably life but I do not think there anyone there like this woman www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/would-sarah-palin-have-made-a-good-vice-p...
3/26/09

samureyed

I believe we may first find life once we get a rover to Saturns moon, Titan. It has oceans, which is potential enough.

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1. 3/26/09
  
  7434be
  
  I lik the sound of that,will it happen before we pass this world,I doubt it,that is why it fun to introduce CONJECTURE
3/26/09

windroot

Whether there is or not (and I am sure there is life somewhere out there) it is clear that we are not meant to live in the kind of neighborhood where folks can just stop by to borrow a cup of sugar and talk about how good the lawn looks.

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3/27/09

7434be

no windroot were not

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3/27/09

angelshair

There is no proof there is, and there is no proof there is not...
This is just a possibility, even scientist say so, because of the dimension of the universe. The possibility that there is another solar system with enough conditions for life exist in our galaxy as well as others galaxies in the universe. Our knowledge of the universe is very small.
Personaly, I think there might be some life other than us somewhere. The reason why many people refuse to believe in that possibility is that they like to believe that we are unique, and we are in a certain way.

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1. 3/27/09
  
  LynneaUrania
  
  I can't imagine what life out there would want to prove its existence to a race that only looks at life in such a manner as it can kill and eat.
  
  If an alien thinks of me as dinner and not it's friend, I wouldn't either.
2. 3/27/09
  
  7434be
  
  there are other life forms out their , If there are not then we have to find out why we are the only ones like us
  just in case your robbing the cradle www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/why-is-it-ok-for-women-to-rob-the-cradle
3/27/09

JaydenVasara

there are countless galaxies outside of ours full of planets/substance we've never seen. and we're still discovering life forms on earth that we hadn't known existed (www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28711152). i don't see how we can rule out anything.

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1. 3/27/09
  
  7434be
  
  Yes thats a good point we are still discovering new life forms
  at the bottom of the ocean
2. 3/27/09
  
  ariwat
  
  Exactly. I mean... There are amoebas. They're life... as for INTELLIGENT life, that's another question altogether.
3. 3/27/09
  
  samureyed
  
  not just at the bottom of the ocean
  
  scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2008/12/thousands_of_new_species_disco.php
3/27/09

Stillthinking

I absolutely believe there is life on other planets in other galaxies.

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3/27/09

LynneaUrania

I would even say there is intelligent life out there that knows about us. But they won't contact us directly because they know better than to trust the likes of us.

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