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Edited by Britton:
6/1/2015 10:16:51 PM
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There are potentially over 8 billion planets capable of life
There is potentially over 8 [b]billion[/b] planets capable of life in [b][i]our galaxy.[/i][/b]
[quote] By extrapolating Kepler’s findings, astronomers have come up with some not-altogether-unfounded estimates for these values. For instance, they concluded that about 22% of Sun-like stars has at least one planet we class as potentially habitable. Doing the math based on the latest estimates for the total number of stars in the Milky Way, that gives us a rough figure of 8.8 billion potentially habitable planets in the Milky Way. That’s a lot of rolls of the dice, assuming you believe life has any chance at all of starting spontaneously. [/quote]
That's just our galaxy people. There's hundreds of billions of galaxies in our universe. That's a lot of potential for life. We're not special snowflakes.
[url=http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/170404-kepler-20-of-sun-like-stars-have-habitable-planets-alien-life-drake-equation-finally-has-a-leg-to-stand-on]source[/url]
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3 RepliesWhat people really want to know is if there is intelligent life.
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People who say there is no way there are aliens are dumb. They always thinks people mean big head and big eyes, but don't thinks about little cells. The odds are NEVER in their favor.
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Now i can have my own planet
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10 RepliesBut only one of them has America. Your argument is invalid.
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3 Replies1. I wonder what the aliens will look like 2. How long until someone tries to have sex with them? We're all thinking it, it had to be asked.
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1 Replybut do they have life? checkm8
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10 RepliesTo bad we'll never visit any of it. At the speed of light, it'd rake forever.
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1 ReplyEdited by SkinPoppeR: 8/16/2015 11:35:12 PMAlso life forms on earth are only shaped by the gravitational mass of our planet and the atoms it's made of. So if we ever meet "aliens" they could be the size of your finger nail or as large as a building, all depends. Think large deep sea creatures and surface beings. I'd imagine "space bends" being a real issue.
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3 RepliesEven if we do end up traveling, we still are over looking one specific detail... [spoiler]SPACE PIRATES![/spoiler]
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Makes you think about how insignificant we really are in the universe.
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We just need better space travel NASA always tried experimenting with cold fusion to improve it. Space program is closed I'm sure one day it will be re open. The Final Frontier :)
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You say we're not special snowflakes, but we still have yet to confirm life on any other planet besides earth. So until that happens [spoiler]I get to be the most beautiful snowflake in the universe[/spoiler]
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4 Repliesthere are infinite planets capable of life
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4 RepliesThe Milky Way on its own is really, [i]really[/i] -blam!-ing big. It'd take two hundred years to traverse it, end to end, at light speed. Obviously you wouldn't go that route, but still, it's a long way, wherever it is you might want to go starting from Sol. The space between two galaxies? Forget about it. We're better off waiting for Andromeda to pass through us. I don't know, this is cool news. But space travel from where we are right now just seems so impractical.
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I do believe in intelligent life outside of our system, perhaps even it has noticed us (and perhaps we it) but sadly I feel we will never know if it's true simply because of one simple fact Humans instinctively hate what they do not understand If we are still in arms about an evolutionary pigment change and the cultural mannerisms that accompany it, then I doubt we will be making "contact" any time soon (and by contact I mean on a worldwide, public scale)
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Edited by Spooking Nobody: 8/16/2015 10:22:47 PM[quote]The Drake equation is usually written: N = R* x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L N = The number of civilizations in The Milky Way Galaxy whose electromagnetic emissions are detectable. R* =The rate of formation of stars suitable for the development of intelligent life. fp = The fraction of those stars with planetary systems ne = The number of planets, per solar system, with an environment suitable for life. fl = The fraction of suitable planets on which life actually appears. fi = The fraction of life bearing planets on which intelligent life emerges. fc = The fraction of civilizations that develop a technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space. L = The length of time such civilizations release detectable signals into space.[/quote] Can we contact them though?
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4 RepliesIts like Interstellar all over again.
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Bump for discovery.
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7 RepliesThat is why you must always bring a towel where ever you go. And watch out for falling spermwhales! Cookie if you get the reference.
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1 ReplyThat's a lot of planets to banish humanity to...
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I would be shocked if nothing else was out there. The possibilities should blow all our minds. The question is should we be as actively searching for them. Like roulette if evolved to a civilization and if so what disposition, technology and willingness for peaceful exchange. Earth is a pretty sweet territory in a nice solar system, at least for a few years ;)
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6 RepliesWow, deep. Not a lot of people talk about this kinda stuff, everyone is so wrapped up in their little worlds. Kids should be taught about this in school, scrap religion.
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"There are over 8billion planets capable of life." - and Britton won't be alive to see any of them
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People who thinks aliens don't exist are forgetting the vastness of space
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Really puts things in perspective. No matter how hard people try, they're pretty insignificant when it comes to the bigger picture.
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1 ReplyAre any of them named gallifrey or skaros?
