Aliens

[hXc]

There are eight planets, 166 known moons bound to them, three dwarf planets and their 4 moons. And billions of small bodies in our solar system alone. That includes asteroids, belt objects, comets and meteors. That's the solar system.

As of this year, there's 271 discovered known (which indicates there's probably hundreds, if not thousands) extra-solar planets, which means planets outside of our system. And studies show MOST of them are actually of the same size as Jupiter, if not bigger. And Jupiter is the biggest planet in our system.

If that isn't enough, there's 76 unconfirmed exoplanets. If the 52 that are extremely likely to be confirmed are confirmed, then that would put the tally at 323 planets outside of our solar system. There's over 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe and at the very least, 70 sextillion(7×1022) stars in the observable universe.

And what are the odds that there is no life on any of them?

By aliens, I just mean intelligent life forms.

[yungatart]

As there is very little intelligent life on this planet, one can assume either that there is none anywhere else, or the clever buggers have left and colonised another planet....

[Grahameeboy]

As there is very little intelligent life on this planet, one can assume either that there is none anywhere else, or the clever buggers have left and colonised another planet....

Well they are not on KB................

[hXc]

I'd go with the latter there tart. With so many possibilities in regards to places that something can inhabit, there has got to be something out there.

[Usarka]

I don't believe in anything without *some* evidence that it exists.

i do believe that it's entirely possible though. and that we may not even recognise them as life forms if we did come across them.

much like australians.

[Disco Dan]

Not intelligient (hehe) but at least 'life' even single celled organisms or even orgasims (hehe).

Im in an odd mood.





Our only reference for what is intelligent is ourselves - so it is unfair to say 'is their intelligent life in the universe' etc.

Life - in any form would be proof of many things in my opinion.

We all started off as single celled omebas etc etc - may even have come here on an asteriod/meteor (i get them confused).

[Usarka]

Im in an odd mood.

I don't believe you exist.

[Waylander]

Would be one hell of wasted space if we were the only ones.

Odds that we'll get visitors here are slim though and more than likely wont happen till the Andromeda galaxy collides with ours. But our sun (along with the planets and of course, us) will be long gone before that happens.

[vixter]

what the fuck!!!!!!!!!!

[James Deuce]

We're incredibly unlikely to recognise "Intelligent" life. We see, hear, smell and feel within an incredibly small series of frequency and density ranges.

If we do bump into recognisable intelligent life then evolution is porked as a theory. Looks like those Intelligent "Design" numpties will win the day if that happens.

[Waylander]

may even have come here on an asteriod/meteor (i get them confused).

Same thing except for a tiny difference.
Asteroids are still in space meteors have crashed into earth/moon/other planet

Kinda like Magma becomes lava once it's hit the earth surface.

[James Deuce]

Nope. Asteroids are still in space, but in a quantifiable orbit around the sun. Meteors are just dashing everywhere, kind of like the skidmarks of outer space, and when these skidmarks bin, as they inevitably do, they become meteorites.

[Scorpygirl]

Oh yes hXc I see them all the time!!! "The changes of anything coming from Mars....but still they come"

[Waylander]

We're incredibly unlikely to recognise "Intelligent" life. We see, hear, smell and feel within an incredibly small series of frequency and density ranges.

If we do bump into recognisable intelligent life then evolution is porked as a theory. Looks like those Intelligent "Design" numpties will win the day if that happens.

So you watch The Universe program on national geographic? They are saying that one of Saturn's moons (Titan) is very much like early earth. Even to the point of organic compounds being made by electric storms in the atmosphere there.

Nope. Asteroids are still in space, but in a quantifiable orbit around the sun. Meteors are just dashing everywhere, kind of like the skidmarks of outer space, and when these skidmarks bin, as they inevitably do, they become meteorites.

Ah, well I was close then.

[James Deuce]

So you watch The Universe program on national geographic? They are saying that one of Saturn's moons (Titan) is very much like early earth. Even to the point of organic compounds being made by electric storms in the atmosphere there.

If an organic compound arises, it is unlikely to be anything like Earth's fist concentrated amino acids. It may form alkaline proteins instead of acidic ones, skip DNA altogether and develop an electro magnetic building block instead of an electro chemical one. There's no guarantees. Plus Saturn is nowhere near hot enough to give Titan an atmosphere like Earth's. Blah, blah, blah.

Too many random circumstances to presuppose an eventual outcome.