Life out of our Solar system? Wait, what?

[Gandalf]

But the conditions on Earth are 100% perfect for life. All the other earth-like planets found so far have a flaw. Some orbit red dwarfs, causing loads of X-Rays, some are tidally locked etc etc. Also a lot depends on the ammount of greenhouse gases for the temprature. I doubt there's many perfect planets like Earth out there, and what are the chances of those having life on them too? Not a lot.

There is life found in the hottest vulcanoes, there is life found in the coldest icy places. There is life found 10Km under the sea. All places where we could not survive. So that a planet is not placed perfect for our species does not mean there can not be intelligent life. Somewhere a 15-year old green blob is typing the same thing you just typed...

[TheGreasyChopper]

There is life found in the hottest vulcanoes, there is life found in the coldest icy places. There is life found 10Km under the sea. All places where we could not survive. So that a planet is not placed perfect for our species does not mean there can not be intelligent life. Somewhere a 15-year old green blob is typing the same thing you just typed...

What if they measure age in mintes O.o

[Reece]

There is a high probability of an intelligent life form so where in existence. How they are intelligent and what similarities they resemble to us is a mystery and is likely one that will remain unsolved for thousands of years.
 

[Que]

I disagree. Once one is dead, one is dead. There is no life after death.

So, you do not believe a single spark that life do exist after death? You mean that we are brought to earth, doing our useless things, then dying.
Sounds to me like it's completely rubbish.
Dying is also one of the finest thing you can ever imagine. Once one is about to die, everything disappears, not a single nervousity, not a single frustration over some abnormal shitty thing.
It would be even more rubbish if it ends there. Maybe we all have lived repeated life's on different solar systems, we just don't know it.

[Ben.]

But the conditions on Earth are 100% perfect for life. All the other earth-like planets found so far have a flaw. Some orbit red dwarfs, causing loads of X-Rays, some are tidally locked etc etc. Also a lot depends on the ammount of greenhouse gases for the temprature. I doubt there's many perfect planets like Earth out there, and what are the chances of those having life on them too? Not a lot.

Perfect for the life on Earth. For example, there are living microbes living right in volvanoes...where surely they should burn to death. They could evolve into bigger creatures, but for now they are small.
No-one knows where evolution will take us, or other places.

[Jubin]

In order to hve any chance of exploration, we would have to beat Einstein first.

I'll distract him, you'll grab him from behind, OK?

[Teddy]

I think IF any life is found in our life time the chances of it being such advanced organisms such as humans or even rat like creatures is out of reach, I think the only thing would be micro-organisms such as single cells life's that live in what and such; even this would be an amazing discovery. Only problem is reaching this planets would be incredibly impossible for modern day tech.

[Witchking]

People that don't Think there is any other planet like this out somewhere with life on, has to reconzider, offcourse we are not alone

[Gandalf]

I think IF any life is found in our life time the chances of it being such advanced organisms such as humans or even rat like creatures is out of reach, I think the only thing would be micro-organisms such as single cells life's that live in what and such; even this would be an amazing discovery. Only problem is reaching this planets would be incredibly impossible for modern day tech.

There are billions of planets that are in the 'life zone' which means on a distance from a star that there can be running water and an atmosphere like on Earth. All these planets have existed for billions of years.
To believe that with all these planets we are the only intelligent life form is underestimating nature and its processes.
The main thing that would prevent contact is the speed of light. If it indeed can not be broken, it will be nearly impossible to explore other planets.

[Mikal]

What if I told you I was an alien?  :trust:

Lets get the mythbusters to see if distant space travel is possible. 

[Gandalf]

What if I told you I was an alien?  :trust:

Lets get the mythbusters to see if distant space travel is possible. 

I will believe you when you connect from an IP of your own planet.

[Alsatian]

You mean that we are brought to earth, doing our useless things, then dying.

As dismal as it sounds, yes. Make the most of your life and try to be as happy as possible, because once it's over, it's over.

[[RM]DRIFT_WORLD_]

well,i also agree that life exsits outside of solar system.But i dont agree that we,humans cant live at any other planets like earth.we can go to moon/mars/jupiter but cant go to any life supporting planet. 

[Aldo]

The main thing that would prevent contact is the speed of light. If it indeed can not be broken, it will be nearly impossible to explore other planets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warp_drive_%28Star_Trek%29

Fuck yo light speed, I got warp drive

[Pandalink]

Also you have to consider the lifetime of a sentient species, in terms of finding intelligent life. Unless a civilisation manages to escape their home planet in a big way before running out of resources and annihilating themselves, we're incredibly unlikely to actually find them.

Compare the lifetime of Earth to that of the modern human race. Even moreso, compare how long we've existed to how long our galaxy or the universe has existed. It's an impossibly minute point in time that we're here, and the fact that we haven't had some kind of alien contact means one of two things:

• There is a massive galactic civilisation of alien races, and they have some form of the Star Trek prime directive where they do not interfere with lesser cultures.
• It is actually impossible to break the light barrier and that's that.

I'm an optimist so, quite frankly, fuck the second option being the truth. That would just be boring.