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Pikachuchupika
04/07/24 10:41:46 AM
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https://science.howstuffworks.com/planets--universe-support-life.htm

Scientists estimate there could be 60 billion planets in the Milky Way alone within habitable zones capable of supporting life.

Considering the vast number of galaxies, researchers estimate about 50 sextillion potentially habitable planets in the universe, making Earth one of many candidates for hosting life.

That's right -- we're not as special as we thought. It turns out that in the Milky Way, scientists now believe that there are 60 billion planets in the habitable zone. The habitable zone is located where a planet is warm enough to keep water on the surface in liquid form without it turning into gas [source: Gannon]. The planets must be near a star or have cloud cover that keeps moisture locked in. With hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way, there are a lot of habitable zones out there.

Simply incredible. We already know one of those planets has intelligent life. Chances are, there are probably man intelligent lifeforms out there.

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SSJKirby
04/07/24 10:45:30 AM
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Pikachuchupika posted...
We already know one of those planets has intelligent life
are you sure? Because I almost seriously posted "which one?"

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Pikachuchupika
04/07/24 10:53:23 AM
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SSJKirby posted...
are you sure? Because I almost seriously posted "which one?"

Ours obviously lol - withholding any of the dumb people of course.
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KiwiTerraRizing
04/07/24 10:54:58 AM
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LeoRavus
04/07/24 10:59:58 AM
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This kind of stuff is depressing to me since unless we invent magic we'll never come close to visiting any or even getting decent pics. We're just now seeing pictures of Pluto for the first time and it's right around the corner.

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Justin2Krelian
04/07/24 11:00:11 AM
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I assume by life they mean Earth-like, but I wonder how many would be suitable for humans? As I understand, we would suffocate if we travelled to the Dinosaur times.

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Thompson
04/07/24 11:02:17 AM
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I hope none of those planets have the kind of "intelligent" life that develops a dumbass religion that states them to be God's chosen species.

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Beveren_Rabbit
04/07/24 11:03:54 AM
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why do people prefer the theory that intelligent life is so rare that humans are alone?

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CADE_FOSTER
04/07/24 11:05:25 AM
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I like how we are constantly looking for habitable planets but we wont take care of the perfect one we are on currently
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Shotgunnova
04/07/24 11:07:48 AM
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Pikachuchupika posted...
That's right -- we're not as special as we thought. It turns out that in the Milky Way, scientists now believe that there are 60 billion planets in the habitable zone. The habitable zone is located where a planet is warm enough to keep water on the surface in liquid form without it turning into gas
Nestle has entered the chat.

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TomClark
04/07/24 11:09:15 AM
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Sounds like these planets could use a little freedom.

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BlueTigerLion
04/07/24 11:09:48 AM
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Beveren_Rabbit posted...
why do people prefer the theory that intelligent life is so rare that humans are alone?

It is probably the Fermi Paradox that answers your question.

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LeoRavus
04/07/24 11:12:29 AM
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Justin2Krelian posted...
I assume by life they mean Earth-like, but I wonder how many would be suitable for humans? As I understand, we would suffocate if we travelled to the Dinosaur times.

Yeah, the odds of finding a planet suitable for humans with the same atmosphere are slim to none. Terraforming would kill off the native life. We're stuck here until the sun swallows the planet.

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Kalk
04/07/24 11:20:27 AM
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CADE_FOSTER posted...
I like how we are constantly looking for habitable planets but we wont take care of the perfect one we are on currently
We should get to colonizing Mars before we ruin Earth completely. Humanity's survival could depend on it.

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LonelyStoner
04/07/24 11:26:07 AM
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It was always a statistical impossibility that we were the only habitable planet in the universe. Its also impossible that were the only intelligent life in the universe.

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Cobra1010
04/07/24 11:28:14 AM
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And it is designed that if there are multiple planets with intelligent life, the species would forever be too far away to contact each other.

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Justin2Krelian
04/07/24 11:28:20 AM
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LeoRavus posted...
Yeah, the odds of finding a planet suitable for humans with the same atmosphere are slim to none. Terraforming would kill off the native life. We're stuck here until the sun swallows the planet.

Maybe, but if the oxygen, CO2, temp, air pressure, and gravity are acceptable, and there's no other poison gases or something, it should be alright. A lot of variables, but if we're starting with 60 billion...

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Pikachuchupika
04/07/24 11:39:21 AM
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Cobra1010 posted...
And it is designed that if there are multiple planets with intelligent life, the species would forever be too far away to contact each other.

But why?
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CADE_FOSTER
04/07/24 11:43:15 AM
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because we cant even contact people on the far side of the moon we dont have the technology to contact from such far distances anyone that say did go and found a planet thats a one way trip with no help maybe 1000 years from now we may solve this problem but not currently
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FolkenRawr
04/07/24 11:45:54 AM
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Beveren_Rabbit posted...
why do people prefer the theory that intelligent life is so rare that humans are alone?

Literal hubris

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Pikachuchupika
04/07/24 11:52:42 AM
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Thompson posted...
I hope none of those planets have the kind of "intelligent" life that develops a dumbass religion that states them to be God's chosen species.

I feel like anytime you have free thought and fear of death, you're bound to start thinking about something higher up. Aliens are probably similar.
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HornyLevel
04/07/24 11:55:49 AM
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LeoRavus posted...
Yeah, the odds of finding a planet suitable for humans with the same atmosphere are slim to none. Terraforming would kill off the native life. We're stuck here until the sun swallows the planet.
That's not the issue. We're getting better and better with technology and identification, so I'm sure we'll definitely find them in the coming years.

The issue is getting there. Even the next closest star system is a monumental and near impossible task.

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ai123
04/07/24 11:57:10 AM
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I think people accept that the probability that life exists somewhere in the universe is very high. Because of the time and distances involved, our chances of encountering it are very, very low.

People play down the theoretical existence of unknowable life billions of light years away because they don't want to be associated with those who believe flying saucers are visiting to mutilate our cattle and anally probe our meth addicts.

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hockeybabe89
04/07/24 12:00:18 PM
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CADE_FOSTER posted...
I like how we are constantly looking for habitable planets but we wont take care of the perfect one we are on currently
I don't think scientists are looking for them so we humans can move to them, though. These scientists aren't climatologists or involved in environmental policy.

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Klaus343
04/07/24 12:00:57 PM
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Maybe they are communicating, but their signals and means of communication are so alien that we're literally like ghosts in the night.

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LeoRavus
04/07/24 12:02:42 PM
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hockeybabe89 posted...
I don't think scientists are looking for them so we humans can move to them, though. These scientists aren't climatologists or involved in environmental policy.

Other than knowing they exist, what's the point of finding them? It's like spending billions of dollars to find out something pointless like the earth's core is purple.

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CADE_FOSTER
04/07/24 12:05:34 PM
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Yeah we will never be able to go to them or contact them we simply dont have the technology cant even go to mars or the other planets hell the moon is hard and we did that already
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