• Question: Are we alone?

    Asked by ExplosiveBiskit to Aaron, David, Elaine, Sarah, Zoe on 12 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by xxjinglebellxx, amberxx, xAmyx, cole.
    • Photo: David Foley

      David Foley answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      The Drake equation would argue that we cannot possibly be alone in the universe. However, the Fermi paradox has yet to be solved – if there are more life forms out there, some of which must surely be as or more advanced then us, then why have we not heard from them?

      Maybe not directly, they don’t have to “beam down” for a cup of tea – but no radio signals for outer space have been detected yet.

      Tomorrow could be the day though!

    • Photo: Aaron Acton

      Aaron Acton answered on 13 Nov 2014:

      I think with the amount of other stars out there, there is bound to be another planet somewhere that is habitable by other forms of life,

    • Photo: Zoe Roberts

      Zoe Roberts answered on 14 Nov 2014:

      I’m not. I have 3 guinea pigs looking at me whilst I type this!

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  • Photo: ExplosiveBiskit

    ExplosiveBiskit commented on :

    Do you think that the “Wow! Frequency”, picked up using The Big Ear in Ohio, was that of an “alien species”? What is the significance of the frequency of the “Wow! Frequency” matching very closely with the hydrogen line?