Posts Tagged ‘ extraterrestrial ’

Question by N!ck: How similar would extraterrestrial organisms be to ones on Earth? I feel like they would be quite similar except for visual/structural differences, but that’s only if all life is carbon-based. But does it HAVE to be? What other elements can life possibly be based on? Best answer: Answer by Misrakthere is...
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Question by Procyon: Imagine that we detect a signal from extraterrestrial intelligence. How do you think society would change? Assume that this signal is from somewhere very far away, and does not appear obviously threatening. It is simply our first contact with other sentient life. There are hundreds of sci-fi stories with this theme,...
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Question by JM: What are the chances of extraterrestrial life outside our solar system? What percentage of chance maybe. I already know they exist because I’ve seen a UFO myself, but maybe a percentage for skeptics that don’t believe. Best answer: Answer by JeresecThe drake equation attempts to quantify whether other life exists (not...
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Question by s s: What will be the first signs of intelligent life an extraterrestrial will notice coming from Earth? What type of sign would Earthlings notice first from extraterrestrials? Or coming from our solar system, what would be first evidence of intelligent life existing or having existed? Best answer: Answer by Prometheusstraight lines...
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Question by Bryan: What intentions might a spacefaring extraterrestrial civilization have if visiting Earth? I ask this question seriously. I am a big fan of the now departed Carl Sagan but wonder if his ‘noble’ view of possible spacefaring extraterrestrials was a bit too hopeful. Certainly, I hope we can someday develop interstellar travel...
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Question by Womanizer: Can an intelligent extraterrestrial life develop a brain that is more intelligent than ours? Or is the human brain the most intelligent? Other words, what causes a specie to be intelligent? Best answer: Answer by WillEvolution has made us intelligent due to sexual selection and survival. I don’t see a reason...
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Question by Mechanics: Is the SETI (Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence) institute a waste of money? Even if they do find intelligent life out there, what next? It would take years to communicate back and forth, and seeing as faster-than-light travel is impossible so there would be no way to reach their planet and vice-versa....
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Question by cheeseman3000: Prop ideas for extraterrestrial life speech? I have to do an english speech on extraterrestrial life. Does anyone have any good ideas for props to add to the speech? Best answer: Answer by Kindya model of a ufo (: a model of an alien standing on a planet :p a rocketship...
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Humans and our associated kin on the third rock out from the Sun are lords of life forms in the solar system. But, we’re not unique lords, just lords. Other abodes in the solar system, most probably Mars, Jupiter, Europa, and Saturn are anywhere from possible to probable habitable abodes to simple microbial life...
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This wouldn’t be complete without reference to Roswell. I don’t wish to say too much about the Roswell, N.M. case (July 1947), other than to point out that the then US Army Air Force admitted publicly, in the media, in newspapers, on radio, that they had captured one of those mysterious (and only recently...
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A recent survey suggests that “79% of Americans who reckon alien life probably does exist”. What can be the reason for this extraordinary statistic? Why does this idea exist in such a high percentage of the population?  Can this belief in alien life come from the possibility that we are all connected to an...
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Question by NGG: Idea for research paper on extraterrestrial life? I wrote a research paper on the possibility of extraterrestrial life (which is part of my graduation project), and for the second part I have to create a product. A product has to be something that I made myself, like something tangible, or like...
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