• Question: are we alone in the universe

    Asked by 12swanb to Lyn, Katy, Paul, PB, Ruth on 20 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Peter Balfe

      Peter Balfe answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      Almost certainly not. But our chances of visiting the neighbours is pretty close to nil!

    • Photo: Paul Waines

      Paul Waines answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      I doubt it very much, but it might be a while before we can prove that for sure…

    • Photo: Katy Brown

      Katy Brown answered on 20 Jun 2013:

      Nah, I think something must be out there somewhere. I hope it is something like ET, but I think its more likely to be something like the weird animals found very deep in the sea, like tube worms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_tube_worm), which can live a mile underwater, near volcanic vents at temperatures up to 350 degrees C, living on chemicals they extract from the concentrated, toxic solution they live in!

    • Photo: Ee Lyn Lim

      Ee Lyn Lim answered on 21 Jun 2013:

      We haven’t found anyone else out there yet! But we know how many billions (yes, billions!) of other planets there are, so the chances that there is life on another planet elsewhere in the galaxy is pretty good.

      To give you an idea of just how big the galaxy is, and how we know about all of that, this is a really cool video: http://www.phdcomics.com/tv/#039

    • Photo: Ruth Mitchell

      Ruth Mitchell answered on 23 Jun 2013:

      Who knows??? There is probably another planet out there wondering the same thing… or there might not be….

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