Galen 1,354 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 (edited) Numerous planets found within the habitable zone of a sun-like star's orbit have already been identified by NASA, and there's a good chance there's plenty more out there. At least one of them has to have life in some shape or form. As the OP said, considering just how immeasurably vast the universe is with however many galaxies there are, I find it nearly impossible that we're literally the only intelligent life in the universe. I also wouldn't be surprised if whatever other intelligent life there is doesn't even consider us intelligent. Edited July 21, 2015 by Galen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gyashaa 252 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 (edited) I love the idea of intelligent life out there. But we still haven't found any. And I'm not really expecting us to find any any time soon. The best we can do is use out imagination. Edited July 21, 2015 by gyashaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen 1,354 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 (edited) Within 50 years to landing on the moon, our satellites have reached Pluto. That's progress at break-neck speed. We may find life out there sooner than you'd think. Edited July 21, 2015 by Galen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa 5,553 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 With your logic, it may be safe to say there is intelligent life as well given the universe is proposed to be infinite. Of course there may be intelligent life. I'm just saying I 100% guarantee there's other life such as bacteria and plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunia 332 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 (edited) Considering there's millions of galaxies and billions of stars, their has to be at least some form of life out there. Could be like intelligent species or could be an organism. Since we also have around 3 or more drones off in space, we might find life sooner then expected. Hopefully we all would be prepared for it when we do though because we may never know if the life we discovered will be friendly or not. Edited July 21, 2015 by Lunia 1 Signature made by me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesme Rize 15,686 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 You must be naive to believe, that we are the most intelligent species in the universe. I think there are thousands of planets out there, that have a better civilization as ours and have far more advanced technology and have maybe even higher life standards, some which may even live for thousands of years. The possibilities are endless guys. We just barely came out of our caves and just now discover the wonders of the universe. 3 My OC Mesme Rize: >https://mlpforums.com/page/roleplay-characters/_/mesme-rize-r8777 Thank you Randimaxis for this Wonderful Avatar. Please, don't be afraid to talk to me. I am not as unapproachable, as you might think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inactive_user 367 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 Just to chime in my observations and thoughts on the matter real quick... Anypony know those new images and the news about Pluto that NASA has released? NASA also went to say that they found Methane gas on the planet, and considering that one of the main known things that can produce Methane gas is the exertion of biological life energy, that is a real strong hint that there is a high possibility of some kind of life existing at least on just Pluto alone, that's just in our galaxy too, and there likely is tons of other life out there in other galaxies as well that we'll not even so much as fathom for another couple hundred years or so probably... I say a couple hundred years being a sole estimate based on the technological advancement rate currently alone. 1 A huge thank you to my great friend AppleGearRising for this signature picture Thank you Apple, I love it so much! Normally I would just post the picture, but as it seems, it is too big to put in the signature here, so here is the link to my MLP personality test results: http://www.bronyland.com/pony-personality-test/?q=OTU0Mnw5NDMzMzA (I am mostly like Fluttershy, in case you couldn't already guess.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Regulus 2,769 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 Earth is the interstellar equivalent of what happens when you don't store things in a cool, dry place. I'll bet there are millions of Earth-like planets out there, most have life, and many of them do have intelligent life. 1 Tumblr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Knight 1,172 July 21, 2015 Author Share July 21, 2015 (edited) There was a planet called Kepler 438b that was discovered just this year, and it is the planet that is mostly like earth but just a little off. If there was to be life the closet to us would most likely be there!, If you are talking about aliens like the Xenomorph or Predator, that would be extremely interesting! Nice find and it does look like humans could live here. Just to chime in my observations and thoughts on the matter real quick... Anypony know those new images and the news about Pluto that NASA has released? NASA also went to say that they found Methane gas on the planet, and considering that one of the main known things that can produce Methane gas is the exertion of biological life energy, that is a real strong hint that there is a high possibility of some kind of life existing at least on just Pluto alone, that's just in our galaxy too, and there likely is tons of other life out there in other galaxies as well that we'll not even so much as fathom for another couple hundred years or so probably... I say a couple hundred years being a sole estimate based on the technological advancement rate currently alone. Interesting, if there is life on Pluto it gives me hope for the rest of the planets in our solar system. Edited July 21, 2015 by Sky Knight 1 created by Blue Moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen 1,354 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 Just to chime in my observations and thoughts on the matter real quick... Anypony know those new images and the news about Pluto that NASA has released? NASA also went to say that they found Methane gas on the planet, and considering that one of the main known things that can produce Methane gas is the exertion of biological life energy, that is a real strong hint that there is a high possibility of some kind of life existing at least on just Pluto alone, that's just in our galaxy too, and there likely is tons of other life out there in other galaxies as well that we'll not even so much as fathom for another couple hundred years or so probably... I say a couple hundred years being a sole estimate based on the technological advancement rate currently alone. Inb4 there's a thriving tardigrade population on Pluto. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ochre_Dust 329 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 Statistical probability leans on the side of there being more life somewhere. How far away it is and how advanced it is, however, are things which fall outside the scope any of us would be able to do more than give an educated guess for. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galen 1,354 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 (edited) Statistical probability leans on the side of there being more life somewhere. How far away it is and how advanced it is, however, are things which fall outside the scope any of us would be able to do more than give an educated guess for. Not really. We can narrow down observable planets to those within habitable zones of certain star systems, plenty of which have already been found. That makes finding life, even intelligent life, hundreds if not thousands of times easier. The issue is then developing a telescope powerful enough to actually be able to see what's going on on the surface, especially one that takes consideration of how far light has to travel. What I mean by that is say for instance that aliens tried to observe Earth with a telescope. They'd likely end up seeing dinosaurs due to the distance light has to travel from here to their planet. That being said, if we do manage to identify primitive life on those planets, chances are that there could be intelligent life now. Physically getting there would be an even bigger problem, but considering how sci-fi technology has lately developed a trend of becoming real...... Edited July 21, 2015 by Galen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Accord 6,660 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 (edited) I wish the process was faster, it makes me so sad to know I won't be around for when we really explore Space. At least you aren't like a depressingly large number of people who say we never will reach space. (Especially considering that, you know, we already have!) I look forward to looking down upon the first Alpha Centauri colony from the afterlife, pointing to those cynics and going . . . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Something I'm not sure others have said yet, but what about life that isn't carbon based? There could be silicon based life forms composed of mineral elements. Or even energy based life forms! Edited July 21, 2015 by Steel Accord 2 My ponysona: http://mlpforums.com/page/roleplay-characters/_/steel-accord-r1970 My AMA thread: http://mlpforums.com/topic/76698-as-steel-me-andor-oc/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Testa 5,505 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 Short answer: Yes, but I don't know if we could recognize or comprehend them if we see them. Long answer: If there is one thing our movies about aliens have shown, its that we assume that all life in the universe follow a similar evolutionary path as us. This is an inherently flawed way of thinking. The only thing life needs to survive is energy, how they process that energy plays a role in how the appear to us. We process energy out of what we eat drink and breathe, as most creatures on our planet do, however there is life on this planet that does not follow this line of thought at all. As far as we know its restricted to things like Microbes whom can quite literally "breathe rocks and generate electricity" and others that only live off electrons, in other words they live of energy in the purest form that we know of. Just because our planet and its particular ecosystem doesn't encourage things of these kinds to develop beyond microbes doesn't mean other planets with environments that would be seemingly hostile and uninhabitable to us would develop life the likes of which we would never see on our own planet. As long as they have an energy source to draw from, be it from food or something more direct, their can be life. This would mean Gas Giants like Jupiter could very well hold life on it, because it has energy to feed off of. Whether or not we would ever be able to see this life or even be able to comprehend it when we do is up for debate. 2 http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Billy%20G%20Gruff http://billyggruff.deviantart.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPVpSXbUpDYTcaFHTPiPjYA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubeSock2018 325 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 It's interesting because I've always thought there has to be. In such a huge universe, what are the odds that there isn't another planet like ours. But after taking an Elements of Astronomy class this past semester, we went over the requirements needed for intelligent life and it surprised me how difficult it is. So many perfect requirements were needed for our planet other than "perfect distance from the sun". Now, I wanna say that there is because in such a huge universe, as unlikely as it was that intelligent like could have formed here on earth, it's bound to have happened elsewhere if the universe is so big. But I'll admit, after that class, it's not necessarily arrogance that compels me to say "we might be the only ones". It's awe at how chaotic and violent the cosmos is and how unlikely it was that life formed even here on earth that compels me to say "maybe we are the only ones". But who knows. The universe is a big place. Anything can happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Accord 6,660 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 (edited) It's interesting because I've always thought there has to be. In such a huge universe, what are the odds that there isn't another planet like ours. But after taking an Elements of Astronomy class this past semester, we went over the requirements needed for intelligent life and it surprised me how difficult it is. So many perfect requirements were needed for our planet other than "perfect distance from the sun". Now, I wanna say that there is because in such a huge universe, as unlikely as it was that intelligent like could have formed here on earth, it's bound to have happened elsewhere if the universe is so big. But I'll admit, after that class, it's not necessarily arrogance that compels me to say "we might be the only ones". It's awe at how chaotic and violent the cosmos is and how unlikely it was that life formed even here on earth that compels me to say "maybe we are the only ones". But who knows. The universe is a big place. Anything can happen. Well again, that assumes life can only exist in Earth like carbon based forms. Even on our own planet, life exists in the deepest of our seas where the heat and energy of the sun CAN'T be. So why can't a species evolve on a planet that's farther from it's star but who's core provides plenty of heat and energy? Interesting, if there is life on Pluto it gives me hope for the rest of the planets in our solar system. Well there is a more than likely chance that life might exist on Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter. Beneath it's icy crust is a mega ocean far bigger than any here and this ocean IS composed of liquid water. If there is life elsewhere within our own solar system, by far the most likely place we'd find it is there. @@Buck Testa, I think our scientists will be smart enough to identify life in unconventional forms. Xeno-biology is a science right now, just think of how the field will explode once space travel becomes more frequent. Even other life science fields will provide avenues of thought for non-Earth based evolutionary paths. Edited July 21, 2015 by Steel Accord My ponysona: http://mlpforums.com/page/roleplay-characters/_/steel-accord-r1970 My AMA thread: http://mlpforums.com/topic/76698-as-steel-me-andor-oc/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chara 1,565 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 There was a planet called Kepler 438b that was discovered just this year, and it is the planet that is mostly like earth but just a little off. If there was to be life the closet to us would most likely be there!, If you are talking about aliens like the Xenomorph or Predator, that would be extremely interesting! 1 signature made by myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider float 2,538 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 (edited) You will have a better chance of winning the lottery than finding life outside of Earth. But it isn't impossible. The way the earth is setup and how many factors are in it to support life makes it really hard to find another planet or part of space that has the same bare minimum factors or better. Of course there's the argument that there can be aliens that aren't even of the same composition as anything on earth that can survive but still highly improbable. If it's simple lifeforms like bacteria you bet your flank it's even more possible. But if we're talking about complex lifeforms don't hold your breath. Edited July 21, 2015 by cider float 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discordian 6,015 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke They've found evidence showing a high probability of life on several planets in our galaxy so far but I don't think any has been legitimately discovered yet. If it does exist, it's likely microbial at best so it'd be hard to really prove without the instruments to do so. I'm pretty sure that's what the Curiosity went to Mars for, or at least one of the reasons, but I dunno how it's even doing. I haven't heard anything about it lately (partially due to the fact that I don't know where to get news on that sort of thing). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyAdaptus 2,211 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 Sorry if this looks totally wrong, but i just couldnt resist it xD But seriously, im not really sure to be honest, if there are truely aliens out there, wouldnt we have spotted one by now? Remember that the earth already existed soooo long, that a alien would have found the earth by now? Im not sayin that it is impossible, im just saying that the chances of life beyond earth is very slim. PS (that picture i posted is just a meme i came up with xD) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discordian 6,015 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 Sorry if this looks totally wrong, but i just couldnt resist it xD But seriously, im not really sure to be honest, if there are truely aliens out there, wouldnt we have spotted one by now? Remember that the earth already existed soooo long, that a alien would have found the earth by now? Im not sayin that it is impossible, im just saying that the chances of life beyond earth is very slim. PS (that picture i posted is just a meme i came up with xD) Consider the possibility that if there is intelligent life that they aren't much farther along than we are technologically. People assume that if there are intelligent aliens out there that they're highly advanced. The universe is big enough that even if they are ahead of us they still might not have the capability to reach us. Be that as it may, even if they can't reach us it's likely they know we exist. We better hope they aren't hostile and looking for a first strike. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 I know many with a Christian perspective have told me no that there isn't any other life out there asides ourselves. Saying that if Christ died for us then He'd surely have to die for all life out there... Now I am a Christian but my own mind is going against these claims people have said. If the universe is truly so vast why wouldn't there be possibilities of life elsewhere just like our own. I certainly believe that this life out there and I don't just buy what someone tells me to believe. I take things in my own eyes for me to come with my own conclusions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Knight 1,172 July 21, 2015 Author Share July 21, 2015 (edited) There was a planet called Kepler 438b that was discovered just this year, and it is the planet that is mostly like earth but just a little off. If there was to be life the closet to us would most likely be there!, If you are talking about aliens like the Xenomorph or Predator, that would be extremely interesting! Oh, hopefully they're not too scary looking and threatening, we have enough aggression on Earth as it is. Sorry if this looks totally wrong, but i just couldnt resist it xD But seriously, im not really sure to be honest, if there are truely aliens out there, wouldnt we have spotted one by now? Remember that the earth already existed soooo long, that a alien would have found the earth by now? Im not sayin that it is impossible, im just saying that the chances of life beyond earth is very slim. PS (that picture i posted is just a meme i came up with xD) Oh god, he does look like an Alien from another planet. I know many with a Christian perspective have told me no that there isn't any other life out there asides ourselves. Saying that if Christ died for us then He'd surely have to die for all life out there... Now I am a Christian but my own mind is going against these claims people have said. If the universe is truly so vast why wouldn't there be possibilities of life elsewhere just like our own. I certainly believe that this life out there and I don't just buy what someone tells me to believe. I take things in my own eyes for me to come with my own conclusions. What if it does come and you see it but your brain cannot condor the miracle? Does it just fly over you and you continue as if nothing just happened? I just feel people who feel they must see something as huge and exciting as say another placatory intelligent being would just not register for them. This is why I like to keep believing so when it does happen I can ravel in all its greatness. Edited July 21, 2015 by Sky Knight created by Blue Moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwalker 981 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 I know many with a Christian perspective have told me no that there isn't any other life out there asides ourselves. Saying that if Christ died for us then He'd surely have to die for all life out there... Now I am a Christian but my own mind is going against these claims people have said. If the universe is truly so vast why wouldn't there be possibilities of life elsewhere just like our own. I certainly believe that this life out there and I don't just buy what someone tells me to believe. I take things in my own eyes for me to come with my own conclusions. As far I know, Christianity says nothing one way or another concerning life outside Earth. Either way, I don't think it is incompatible with the Christian faith. What exactly it would mean from a theological perspective is unknown, though. I guess one could say that either the other life did not fall from grace or that redemption was also applied for them. 1 "Fairy tales are more than true, not because they tell us that dragons exist; but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten." ~ G. K. Chesterton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azatrot 66 July 21, 2015 Share July 21, 2015 I personally believe that there are both primitive life and technological civilizations in the universe. But I think that civilizations are very rare. On Earth life arose fairly quickly (I'm to lazy right now to look up the exact numbers), but after that it took billions of years for multicellular life to arise, and even longer for a technological species to evolve. That seems to indicate that life arises quite easily once the opportunity presents itself, but technological civilizations rarely arises (But this reasoning is of course based on only a single planet, so it's not statistically sound. Earth may be an anomaly). So I think that life is common in the universe, but intelligent life is very rare. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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