There are a septillion stars in the observable universe. That’s a 1 followed by 24 zeros. If only 1 in a trillion stars has a planet with life, that would mean there are a trillion planets with life.
[Universe Today] According to astronomers, there are probably more than 170 billion galaxies in the observable Universe, stretching out into a region of space 13.8 billion light-years away from us in all directions.
And so, if you multiply the number of stars in our galaxy by the number of galaxies in the Universe, you get approximately [10 to the 24th power] stars. That’s a 1 followed by twenty-four zeros. That’s a septillion stars.
But there could be more than that. It’s been calculated that the observable Universe is a bubble of space 47 billion years in all directions.
It defines the amount of the Universe that we can see, because that’s how long light has taken to reach us since the Big Bang.
This is a minimum value, the Universe could be much bigger – it’s just that we can’t ever detect those stars because they’re outside the observable Universe. It’s even possible that the Universe is infinite, stretching on forever, with an infinite amount of stars. So add a couple more zeros. Maybe an infinite number of zeros.
That’s a lot of stars in the Universe.
Somewhere there has to be another planet with a Walmart on it.
And to think Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa, who is Miss Universe 2017 beat out everyone on a trillion other planets. That had to be one exhaustive search
I haven't been intimate with any of the other species.
Then again, out of the eleven (perhaps twelve, it's a bit of a mess) other species living on this planet, I've found that the five I've been in contact with are pretty much assholes. I guess the "Nordics" find me unattractive, which is weird, since I'm a bloody Finn. I would fuck an alien, even if she wasn't a Canadian.
I think the only thing to be concluded by these observations is that there are a lot of stars.
"In my Father's house are many mansions."
How arrogant would we be to assume that we're the only life within the infinity of space? It is impossible for there to not be.
Isn't it also rather arrogant to assume theory as fact, even when presented with evidence to the contrary? Science has long taught us that there is absolutely nothing special about our place in the universe, yet that may not be true and that's not something you saw plastered all over the news, as we did when Pluto was downgraded from planet status and countless other less significant discoveries.
When a discovery is anomalous to the "accepted science", it should be tested again, and again. That's how science is done. When an anomaly shows up three times, however, it means something. But don't tell scientists that, that goes against "accepted science" and must then explained away. And that is precisely what happened when COBE (1992) discovered an anomaly that disputed the Copernican Principle. That was confirmed by WMAP (2003) and thus dubbed the "axis of evil". Planck (2013) again confirmed the finding.
https://medium.com/we-are-in-a-...n-26f88f17a732
But "science" has now basically ruled out these findings.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news...nless-universe
Now ask yourself "Why?"
Why? More arrogance and an inability to admit when they're wrong. Add to that the desire to control what we believe.
Admitting there is something special about earth and its place in the universe is tantamount to admitting there might just be a creator, Jerry.
Everyone knows there is. Some just refuse to admit it.
Yes, and a single false assumption would have a domino effect on subsequent calculations, hypotheses, or theories based upon that assumption.
Well, we know that life exists on this planet, and we know the universe is extremely large. So it's really more a question of the ratio of stars that have a planet with life, than it is a question of the odds there are other planets with life. I consider it a given that there are other planets with life.
We obviously have no way to know how many planets there are that support life, it could be extremely rare or it could be fairly common, we just don't know. I think putting the ratio at a trillion to one is pretty conservative, there's a solid chance life is a lot more common than that. That's why I find it kind of amazing that even with such an extreme ratio, the number of inhabited planets it predicts is staggering.
We have seen an inhabited planet though, so we know it can happen, the only question is how much it happens.
I find this speculation ridiculous.
I've been in contact with five other species. Why would I have to speculate about such trivial things, as "is there life out there?" Well, there is. Suck it up and learn to live with it.
I bet you have some interesting stories, I'd love to hear them.
Nothing that interesting to tell about 'em.
They are mostly dicks and not even remotely ashamed of the fact.
EDIT: I have to correct my earlier statement a bit. Nordics are pretty alrighty. The ears are a bit too weird for my liking though, but then again I'm Mister Universe 2039.
The nordics are supposedly "good guys", how influential are they in comparison with some of the less altruistic species?
Not really that much... They are passive. Very careful to take any side. Mostly just trying to find a view, if any, stupidly so. To the point of having any kind of real meaning in the process of making decisions. Silly sods, mostly.
Extremely beautiful women, though. Absolutely gorgeous.
Which are the creepiest?
The ones, who believe in ones and zeros. I always go for the number two, since it's the smelliest one.
lol The creepiest aliens I've heard of "exist as thought forms and reproduce through language." Kind of unnerving to think there are parasitic thoughts you can catch like disease. Reminds me of something someone said once, "sometimes it feels like my thoughts are thinking me." Hmm...
I think you might have brained your damage, friend Weird Pathfinder Project. It was probably that gig on the Mars. Snickers had more nuts in their's.
If only there was some sort of room that could jump there.
There's plenty of room between your ears. I've seen it in an epiphany. Althought, that cave had some weird frogs in it.
lol I've heard you shouldn't try to lick the martian frogs, doesn't go well.
That did help Burroughs, though. The whole premise of the Mars series was the silly cave. I bet he had done some research of his own.
Actually it was an "if" statement, not an assumption statement.
"__//If__// only 1 in a trillion stars has a planet with life"
Though you did make a wrong assumption in your statement.
"You are assuming that life is a chance event."
That statement is implying that there can't be life on multiple planet in ways other than chance... which is wrong, because if someone designed there to be life on one plant, they could of also designed it to happen on another planet.
Science has always aMAZEd me. Had to add the pun.)) Thanks for posting!
Yes.
Maze that could be true, but we l low minded earthlings will never know unless they come visit us.