Do you believe there is life outside of our solar system?

[QUOTE="guynamedbilly"][QUOTE="Snake_raider"]we been around for 2000 years? lol what DigitalExile

Or is that 5000BC? I don't know. Point is, the statement was fail.

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[QUOTE="guynamedbilly"] 2009 years actually. We're just fast learners.Crucifier

Or is that 5000BC? I don't know. Point is, the statement was fail.

[QUOTE="BiancaDK"][QUOTE="Floppy_Jim"]Absolutely, given the size of the universe, how could there not be life outside of our solar system?Floppy_Jim

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Yes, I believe there is life outside our solar system. The universe is so massive that it would be silly to say there is no possibility for life to exist somewhere other than our solar system.

You also need to take into account the life-span of an intelligent species. This reflects on whether that civilisation is likely to be discovered or not. Our galaxy is approximately 100,000 light years across. That means that for a radio signal (travels at speed of light) will take 100,000 years to travel across our galaxy. As a species, we have only been making radio signals for the last 80 years? Therefore, if there was any other 'civilisations' out there, unless they are within 80 lyrs, they won't even know we are here!

Also, going bac to the drake equation, from our own experience, intelligent species do not come along very often. There has been life on earth for the last 4 billion years. It has taken this amount of time for the first intelligent (technologically advanced) species to evolve! There could have been many species come and gone in that time!

The conclusion you could draw from that is that, intelligent species may come and go and never be fully aware of each others existence! There could be a technologically advanced species on the far side of our galaxy! We won't know for at least another 99,920 years or so!

If not, it would be a big waste of space. 8)Protoford

Well, I'm actually certain.

As for intelligent life, yes I think so.

I'm not just talking about microbial life I'm talking about intelligent life. E.T. if you will. We've all seen the ufo videos and to be quite honest it could just be technology that our government's are expiermenting with. So outside of the ufo stance and some of the alien videos we've seen on youtube (which are all probably hoaxed). Do you beleif in intelligent life? Other than us of course. Iced_Earth_Rulz

You also need to take into account the life-span of an intelligent species. This reflects on whether that civilisation is likely to be discovered or not. Our galaxy is approximately 100,000 light years across. That means that for a radio signal (travels at speed of light) will take 100,000 years to travel across our galaxy. As a species, we have only been making radio signals for the last 80 years? Therefore, if there was any other 'civilisations' out there, unless they are within 80 lyrs, they won't even know we are here!

Also, going bac to the drake equation, from our own experience, intelligent species do not come along very often. There has been life on earth for the last 4 billion years. It has taken this amount of time for the first intelligent (technologically advanced) species to evolve! There could have been many species come and gone in that time!

The conclusion you could draw from that is that, intelligent species may come and go and never be fully aware of each others existence! There could be a technologically advanced species on the far side of our galaxy! We won't know for at least another 99,920 years or so!

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I think it would be hella cool if we found an abandoned civilization on a planet before we found life.AAllxxjjnn

What would happen if it actually became dead space.