Exciting news from some European scientists today....they have discovered a planet about 120 trillion miles away that is similar to Earth! They predict that the temperature on the surface is between 34 and 104 degrees. It appears that the planet doesn't rotate and that it could actually have water on it. This discovery leads to the discussion...is there life "out there"? This is a step in the direction of answering yes. I have discussed this topic with friends, family and students. My friend Dan is probably the only person I know that says that it is totally impossible for any other life to exist. My feeling is that the universe is so large, we don't even know how large, there has to be something living somewhere. Of course, I like to pick on him and point out any time a person sees a UFO or Roswell is discussed. So what do you think? Have you seen a UFO? Do you believe there could be other living "beings". Let me know.
Finally...a thought to ponder:
"Better not take a dog on the Space Shuttle, because if he sticks his head out when you're coming home his face might burn up."-Jack Handey
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Personally, with the billions of stars out there, and the tens of billions of planets, and the fact that we can't yet even see "smaller" (read- Earth sized) planets yet, it is virtually inconceivable that there is no life out there.
Now Intelligent life- that is a different matter, and that is even arguable here on earth. Do/would we count Chimps? Dolphins? Bush?
And if we found life out there- are we even good for it? There have been, historically speaking, many mass extinctions in Earth's history. The one we are seeing now (in the last 10,000 years) is the first that didn't (yet at least) coincide with massive climate change.
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