Do You Believe in Life Outside of Earth?
deBrice
2012/07/03 20:00:00
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Pictures of our solar system never gets old to me. I'm always amazed by the beauty of other planets and moons that used to be out of reach. But sometimes, something more profound appears. Once in a while, similarities with home are discovered.
Here is one, for example: After Europa -- one of Jupiter's moons discovered by Galileo Galilei -- NASA is almost certain that there is water under the surface of Titan.
The discovery was made after observing tides around 30 feet high on the surface of the moon, suggesting that Titan isn't entirely made of solid rock, but instead the surface would lie on a sub-ocean.
You might argue that there will be no light from the sun, therefore life cannot emerge, but studies on earth showed that water and heat is all life needs. And for the heat, it would come from the strong gravity from Saturn, intensely squeezing the planet during its 16-day orbit. Do you believe in life on the Saturn Moon?
NASA.GOV reports:
Here is one, for example: After Europa -- one of Jupiter's moons discovered by Galileo Galilei -- NASA is almost certain that there is water under the surface of Titan.
The discovery was made after observing tides around 30 feet high on the surface of the moon, suggesting that Titan isn't entirely made of solid rock, but instead the surface would lie on a sub-ocean.
You might argue that there will be no light from the sun, therefore life cannot emerge, but studies on earth showed that water and heat is all life needs. And for the heat, it would come from the strong gravity from Saturn, intensely squeezing the planet during its 16-day orbit. Do you believe in life on the Saturn Moon?
NASA.GOV reports:
Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft have revealed Saturn's moon Titan likely harbors a layer of liquid water under its ice shell.
Read More: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/whycassi...
Top Opinion
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Kyle 2012/07/03 23:42:48
But I think we are alone. It's a belief though, not really scientific, as I cannot prove it.
But not un-scientific, as it cannot be unproven.
There is not one iota - not even a hint - of life anywhere else besides Earth.
Those who believe that there must be life somewhere else in the universe outside Earth, use the fundamental belief in the randomness of the Creation. That is, all life on Earth evolved from a "primordial soup", and after a quick 15 billion years or so of evolving, we have Us. So, if it happened here, then why not somewhere else among the millions of billions of stars and galaxies? Sounds logical. BUT it is based on the randomness of Creation. AND there is no evidence of other life.
The "search for life" is used to justify expenses on space probes. I think it's wasted breath. I would vote for 10 times the amount we already spend on space probes just to find out what is there. It is very much worth finding out just this basic information, and I personally don't need the justification of "looking for life". After all, we fund a station on the South Pole, why can't we fund one on the Moon, Mars, and perhaps beyond?
It would be uber-cool ...
But I think we are alone. It's a belief though, not really scientific, as I cannot prove it.
But not un-scientific, as it cannot be unproven.
There is not one iota - not even a hint - of life anywhere else besides Earth.
Those who believe that there must be life somewhere else in the universe outside Earth, use the fundamental belief in the randomness of the Creation. That is, all life on Earth evolved from a "primordial soup", and after a quick 15 billion years or so of evolving, we have Us. So, if it happened here, then why not somewhere else among the millions of billions of stars and galaxies? Sounds logical. BUT it is based on the randomness of Creation. AND there is no evidence of other life.
The "search for life" is used to justify expenses on space probes. I think it's wasted breath. I would vote for 10 times the amount we already spend on space probes just to find out what is there. It is very much worth finding out just this basic information, and I personally don't need the justification of "looking for life". After all, we fund a station on the South Pole, why can't we fund one on the Moon, Mars, and perhaps beyond?
It would be uber-cool if there was life on another planet. But that kind of thinking is best left to the back-lots of Star Trek. If there was life on another planet, one big question asks itself:
How come no one has called?
But hydrogen frequencies, ants, fish, and multidimensions notwithstanding, it's still all conjecture until we detect some clear evidence of extraterrestrial life.
When - and if - that happens, then we'll re-evaluate.
Then again, maybe not.
But I'm not betting on it.
It's science-FICTION.
and this..
Obviously martians.. for real.