The Fermi Paradox

Because new technology is being created every day, Douglas Vakoch (director of Interstellar Message Composition at the SETI) seems to think that the confirmation of extraterrestrial life is not far away: “’ [T]he chances are getting better with every passing year’,” Vakoch said in an interview with Space.com. He added that “’within the next decade, we may well discover we’re not alone in the universe.’” And while the life that NASA discover may not be the equivalent of the aliens seen in “Star Wars,” it will be bacterial and microbial life nonetheless. This may be true, but there are still people who doubt the existence of interstellar life despite technological advancements. The Fermi Paradox, named after physicist Enrico Fermi, exists solely disprove the reality of aliens. The basic gist of this theory proposes that because there are so many possible Earth like planets, it is probable that aliens are developing or have developed a method of interstellar travel, (as NASA is attempting now). Even with the size of the Milky Way, Fermi says that it could be easily traversed in a few million

Throughout history humanity has been fascinated by the existence of extraterrestrial life. Today such ventures are in the development process and the discovery of life beyond our solar system, no matter how primitive, may soon become a huge(important?) scientific breakthrough. The three basic things that are required to consider a place even remotely habitable are water, a source of energy, and organic materials. Habitability also depends on other factors that must also be taken into consideration such as how close the planet is to its star (in the case of our solar system, the sun), how long the water and organic materials existed there, and the size and mass of the planet. One must not confuse habitable with inhabited. The term

James Green discusses in his speech the possibility of there being life beyond earth. Green starts off with a quote that is used in a lot of movies, books and television shows, “Is there life beyond earth in our solar system?” He follows this initial quote with one by Carl Sagan, an American astronomer, “It takes extraordinary evidence for extraordinary claims.” It is important for Green to use these two quotes as attention getters. He hooks the listener with his works and we begin to think if there really is life in our solar system then just on earth.

Korff also states, “In what is now known as the ‘the Roswell incident,’ the U.S. military is said to have quickly covered up the affair and continues to shroud it in extreme secrecy even today.”

According to Wikipedia, extraterrestrial life as a term is originated from the Latin words extra that means beyond or not of and terrestris that means something of or belonging to Earth and it is defined as life that does not originate from Earth. It is often also referred to as alien life, or simply aliens. This hypothetical form of life is said to vary from simple bacteria-like organisms to beings far more complex than humans. That kind of alien life has been hypothesized to exist in the Solar System and throughout the universe and this hypothesis can be based on the vast size of the universe. According to this argument made by scientists, it would be inconceivable and egoistical to believe

Exobiology is the science that is concerned with the search for life in outer space; it may be called as astrobiology as well. The search for life in outer space has consumed the imagination of the humankind for long time ago. Nowadays, humankind has made a progress and found major discoveries in the quest for life existence in the universe and outer space because of the advancement of the technology. However, in the past, exobiology was considered as a science without a subject, where the people and other scientists laughed at and ridiculed the famous scientist and biologist Joshua Lederberg when he originated the term exobiology. Some people argue that life exists elsewhere in the universe, however, others believe that life only exist on Earth. A new study reveals that our galaxy, the Milky Way, has 100 billion or so stars, where 17 billion of them are Earth-size alien planets, and probably many more. The huge size of the galaxy increases the probability of life existence in the outer space. Are we alone in the universe? This question has captured the imaginations of scientist, theologians, and astrobiologists. However, they don’t know the answer yet. Understanding the complete definition of life and how life originated, and determining the techniques used for searching for life existence in outer space and evidences found can help to answer the question of “Are we alone in the universe?”

Maybe this tiny blue planet is the only place in this whole big, complicated universe where sentient beings thrive. Instead of extremely advanced alien civilizations, there could be something else called “The Great Filter”. The Great Filter is like a barrier that is very unlikely or even impossible for life to pass through. One probability is that we have already surpassed the Great Filter, making us one of the only if not the only lifeforms who’ve reached this level of intelligence. There are many instances on when this could have happened, such as when prokaryotes became eukaryotes, when humans evolved from chimps, etc (Urban). We haven’t figured out exactly the process behind how life starts and the conditions required to make it could actually be more complicated than what we’d expect. Maybe the universe was more hostile in the past and has only recently ‘cooled down’, paving way for complex lifeforms like us to exist. That would make us exceptionally rare and unique, which means that we could be one of the only or even the only civilization in the universe. Or perhaps, we’re in deep trouble and the Great Filter is still looming ahead of us. That would be suggesting that it’s common for life to reach where we are right now, but that Great Filter is preventing life from going further in almost all cases. Many other civilizations have reached our point of advancement but collapsed due to that Great Filter, and it’s unlikely that we’re going to be an exception to that inevitable doom

it was discovered that there are other planets like Earth out there that are able to accommodate life forms like our planet. And it is highly unlikely that we are the only living things out there in the big universe

Among the billions of stars in each galaxy, many have planets that revolve around them. At least a few are bound to be of the right size and have the correct spatial orientation with respect to their star to allow life to grow. We believe this because life exists on the Earth. Astronomers have concluded that there must be hundreds of billions of other stars with conditions approximating those of the sun. Therefore there could be a million earth like planets with advanced civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy alone (Stilley). It is very probable that there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.

another planet is very interesting and will be a very interesting topic to continue to talk

Understanding the heavens has been a continual mystery to humans. Throughout human history, individuals have been curious about life other than on planet Earth. The question that remains is if humanity is alone in the universe. This question is very important because after all, the universe is still expanding. In addition to the expansion of the universe, astronomers have discovered at least six potential habitable worlds in our own solar system (CITE). It is natural to wonder if other worlds might also have intelligent life and civilizations. Many claims have been made that we have already been visited by aliens in UFOs, however, while plenty of evidence has been offered for scientific examination so far none of it has been enough to convince us that the claims of visitations are real (Bennett, 260). However, this doesn’t mean that there is no intelligent life beyond our home planet. Due to this, taxpayers should fund programs to begin the search for extra-terrestrial life in the universe. The reason why there should be programs that fund the search for extra-terrestrial life in the universe is because extra-terrestrial life can help enhance our understanding of the universe.

We should be looking for life elsewhere in the universe.sense of exploration is in all of us. Learn new things from the aliens.(technology). Wasted money if we don’t do it

Should we as humans expect to find intelligent life elsewhere in the Universe? There are many reasons for and against this concept, but first we should trace just how our terrestrial life started.

One of the main Methods used in trying to find extra-terrestrial is the technology we have and improving. By sending satellites into space to explore the universe we are find thousands of planets and possibly planets that could be a second home to earth if needed. Though it’s taking years and years to explore, you never know if there is any other life out there. Before satellites there was the use of telescopes which these are used all the time to discover stars and possibly planets if they are able to look that deep in space.

The argument suggesting life existing on other Earth-like planets has been present since man first looked into space and questioned his own existence and the existence of others like him. Today there are many theories on the existence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, but only one theory goes beyond them and into an even larger realm. The contents of this theory, known as the “multiverse” theory, suggest that humans on Earth live within one universe of many others that reside within a primordial vacuum containing many other universes (Jenkins and Perez). Each of these universes possesses potentially different natural constants and physical laws that govern them differently, thus calling forth some logical questions. First,