• Question: do you think there is other life forms out in the universe

    Asked by CathalC6573 to Eimear, James, Jonathan, Lána, Willi on 26 Feb 2018.
    • Photo: James Geary

      James Geary answered on 26 Feb 2018:

      Yes I do, the universe is so vast that we would have to be very arrogant as a race to believe that we are the only life form in existence.

      Voyager launched 2 probes in 1977 into deep space. Both spacecrafts carry with them a 12-inch golden phonograph record that contains pictures and sounds of Earth along with symbolic directions on the cover for playing the record and data detailing the location of our planet.

      The record is intended as a combination of a time capsule and an interstellar message to any civilization, alien or far-future human, that may recover either of the Voyagers….. So far no visitors.

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      Lána Salmon answered on 26 Feb 2018:

      I’ve learned, that when we talk about science, we should never say never. We can’t prove that there isn’t life out there, so there possibly is! Space is so big – who knows what’s out there!

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      William O'Connor answered on 26 Feb 2018:

      I don’t know, but what do I think?
      I’d say most scientists would guess that there must be.
      I’m not so sure.
      OK the universe is very big, so you could guess that life must surely have appeared in other places.
      But against that, there are so many things that have to be just, just right for life to exist and develop, so maybe we are in a very special (or unique) set of circumstances, which don’t exist anywhere else.

      What do you think?

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      Eimear Tuohy answered on 26 Feb 2018:

      Yes, I think there must be some other form of life out there. There are a lot of environmental factors here on Earth that had to be just right, in order for life to appear and evolve! But there are example of life surviving in the most extreme environment here. Life forms can also be very good at adapting. For example here is some interesting information on extremophiles: https://lco.global/spacebook/what-are-extremophiles/

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      Jonathan Faull answered on 6 Mar 2018:

      Definitly, the chance that we are the only life forms in the universe is pretty low. But space is so big that we might never meet them.

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