• Question: Do you think there is life out of this world?

    Asked by Science4lyf to Anna, Hayley, Iain, Rebecca on 17 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by Millie, Liv, im.a.unicorn.called.bob, azzle, aka Agent Jellybean, Nicole.
    • Photo: Iain Bethune

      Iain Bethune answered on 17 Jun 2015:


      Yes, I think so. A scientist called Frank Drake came up with a famous equation that predicts the number of civilisations in our galaxy, including factors like the number of stars, the fraction of stars with earth-like planets, the chance life would develop on such a planet etc.

      Recently, we have discovered that there are many more earth-like exoplanets (planets around other stars), that this just makes the extraterrestrial life more likely.

    • Photo: Anna Kutner

      Anna Kutner answered on 18 Jun 2015:


      Oh absolutely. It’s just too depressing to think that we are alone in the universe. Though I don’t think we are socially and technologically ready yet for the ‘first contact’.

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