• Question: Do you think there is life on another planet?

    Asked by stakernathan to David, Rebecca, Simon, Verity, Wei on 17 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by 05chamberlaink.
    • Photo: Rebecca Handley

      Rebecca Handley answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      I really hope so!

    • Photo: Verity Nye

      Verity Nye answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      Absolutely. Not neccessarily in our solar system but somewhere out there. Life arose from a certain set of conditions on Earth. Similar conditions may have occurred somewhere else, either in the past, present or future, and perhaps life could arise from another set of conditions too. It may not be life in the forms that we know of; why should all life be like man or lifeforms from Earth? Are there other intelligent lifeforms out there? I don’t know. Our planet is just a teeny tiny part of a much greater cosmos. Perhaps it’s just comforting to believe there is life out there but the logical, rational part of my brain reasons that there is life.

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      David Armstrong answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      Almost certainly. I agree with Verity, there are so many planets out in the universe that it must be very unlikely one of them doesn’t have life on. I don’t think we will meet it anytime soon though.

    • Photo: Wei Xun

      Wei Xun answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      I don’t think we can simiply rule out the possibility, no matter how unlikely it is.

      There is a theory that life on Earth may have started from debris falling from a frozen astroid, take a look here yourself:

      http://www.pnas.org/content/108/11/4303

    • Photo: Simon Trent

      Simon Trent answered on 17 Jun 2011:

      Its a numbers game and there are some many planets out there, one will have the right conditions for life

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