2/5 Are We Alone In The Universe?

For fifty years, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence has been scanning the galaxy for a message from an alien civilisation. So far to no avail, but a recent breakthrough suggests they may one day succeed.
Horizon joins the planet hunters who've discovered a new world called Gliese 581 c. It is the most Earth-like planet yet found around another star and may have habitats capable of supporting life. NASA too hopes to find fifty more Earth-like planets by the end of the decade, all of which dramatically increases the chance that alien life has begun elsewhere in the galaxy.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Universe
• Alien
• Extra
• Terrestrial
• Intelligence
• civilisation

[Zurround100]

God I HATE politicians. They cut funding for SETI and built their careers on not wasting tax money to search for "little green men". Spend TRILLIONS to bomb the hell out of men here on Earth but god forbid we should spend BILLIONS looking for men on OTHER PLANETS. If all the money we waste on these stupid wars was spent on science we would be way more advanced.

[mysteakhouse]

@MrNocco like you've said, the possibility is there, but look at this way, the universe is roughly 15 billion yrs old and our Earth is only 4.5 billion and life started the last 250 to 300 million yrs ago. And so, the rest of the universe has about 10 billion yrs head start on us. Most likely, we are not the first and are not alone, but we'll never know, until first contact.

[ZeroHumans]

seriously, why would a bunch of retarded mutated monkeys on a trashed planet be alone in this universe????

[sonbuhitsunei]

@Zurround100 Why we need another Kennedy...HE would have approved of furthering our spacefaring efforts. Because of his enthusiasm, largely, we got to the moon (which is absolutely nothing-a tiny hop by cosmic scales, but as Armstrong said, a giant leap for mankind). At least, it would have been, if we hadn't largely lost our excitement for exploration after the 70's.

[Cleanenergiesstore]

@Zurround100 So tell me what would you prioritize for funding?

[MrNocco]

@mysteakhouse I know, I do not believe we are the first, but it's a very scary thought, and has so far not been proven otherwise :P All this about how old the universe is and so on, I'm quite skeptical about that.... I mean how has this been proven? Scientist always make statements, later to be proven false... I mean at one point, they thought the Sun was in the center :P

[HEROENGI]

@fewboys logically there will b other civilisation , earth couldnt hold life , but something happend , water supports life , nd that comes from where? aand meteorites hit the earth n made it habitable , so there IS another civilisation , the question is : who , where , when , how advanced etc.

[MadStylezuk]

I think the ladie at the end of this video was an Alien from Mars !!!!! Totaly Strange 

[MrNocco]

The real scary thought is, imagine if we actually ARE alone?! I saw another documentary that was talking about how RARE a planet that can produce life is. I do believe that there are lots of other intelligent aliens out there, but the possibility that we are the only, or the first, is there!!

[16sag7]

@GTXMAN: How do I know there is other life? Because I am here and look up the stars and ask that questions. If I am here then there is other intelligent life in the universe. Is it so hard for you to fathom this reality? Only a fool would think we are the only intelligent life in the universe let alone the most advanced. No way in hell we are the only sentient beings in the universe with technology. You are right about one thing, intelligent life is rare on earth. LOL! We will know someday.

[GTXMAN]

@16sag7 and how do you know that? did you travel the cosmos?

Like I said,intelligent life is rare on earth,and were the only species who uses technology.