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SquirleyGuy
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Do you think aliens are real? personally I do. While they might no be the little green men who say "take me to your leader", chances are that somewhere in the universe, there is other forms of life. There might even be life in our own galaxy! Considering just how massive galaxies are and how many galaxies are in the universe, chances are that Planet Earth is not the only planet that contains life. So give me your thoughts on extra-terrestrials!

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Somewhat49
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I hope that there is some other planet with life or it'd be VERRRRRRRRY boring... how would u look at life? It's nice that THIS planet got picked for life but if it was no where else it's like ........

Somewhat49
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I just thought of this now but since light is infinate then how is is that the night sky isn't filled with stars? Or sky outside of earth actualy... I think our earth might be a sandbox for the rest of the universe (or whatever we'll now call it)

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I just thought of this now but since light is infinate then how is is that the night sky isn't filled with stars? Or sky outside of earth actualy... I think our earth might be a sandbox for the rest of the universe (or whatever we'll now call it)


Before you release those thoughts do a lil reserch dude.

And last time I looked up... the sky WAS full of stars... the ones whos light has reached us anyway. Many more have not for various reasons that I will prolly never comprehend.
eirwen
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I'm sure there is. I doubt however, that we'll be meeting up with them anytime soon.

MageGrayWolf
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I just thought of this now but since light is infinate then how is is that the night sky isn't filled with stars? Or sky outside of earth actualy... I think our earth might be a sandbox for the rest of the universe (or whatever we'll now call it)


There are plenty of stars that we can see with the naked eye. As for why it's not completely filled to the point where it's just a mass of light, well there are a number of reasons. For one the luminosity of the star might not be strong enough, which is the biggest factor. Or the star might not be old enough for the light to reach us. For example if a star is 4 billion years old and is 5 billion lightyears away, we aren't going to see that light for another billion years.
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There are plenty of stars that we can see with the naked eye. As for why it's not completely filled to the point where it's just a mass of light, well there are a number of reasons. For one the luminosity of the star might not be strong enough, which is the biggest factor. Or the star might not be old enough for the light to reach us. For example if a star is 4 billion years old and is 5 billion lightyears away, we aren't going to see that light for another billion years.


and i think the earth's atmosphere and other factors absorb some of the light and radiation... u could probably see alot more stars... but some of their lights are snuffed out and ur left w/ a black void where that light should be. might be wrong tho...
starcraftfan123
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Of course they aren't real... we just made up the ideas of flying objects and abductions and the references too them in just about EVERY single ancient culture there ever was. Nope. No aliens.


True, but given the size of the universe, it is highly likely that some form of life, even 1-celled life, exists somewhere. I mean, that evolution exposed thing wants me to kill every Christian on earth and burn every church of Christianity down, but the notion of no life anywhere else in the universe is almost as sickening.

Read up on Drake's Equation here: [url=http://www.setileague.org/general/drake.htm]
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Link fixed here.

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