Still waiting for little green men to make contact? Don’t hold your breath. A leading astronomer has concluded there probably aren’t any aliens out there – meaning we are entirely alone in the universe. Even though there may be tens of thousands of other distant planets similar in size to Earth, the conditions on them are likely to be too hostile to support life-forms such as ET. Dr Howard Smith, a senior astrophysicist at Harvard University, believes there is very little hope of discovering aliens and, even if we did, it would be almost impossible to make contact. So far astronomers have discovered a total of 500 planets in distant solar systems – known as extrasolar systems – although they believe billions of others exist. But Dr Smith points out that many of these planets are either too close to their sun or too far away, meaning their surface temperatures are so extreme they could not support life. (Daily Mail)...Opinion: So, on the basis of 50 planets ... a scientist has declared there to be no life on the remaining BILLIONS of probable planets out there??? What a ridiculous conclusion! We are supposed to accept this narrow viewpoint are we? Monday, 24 January 2011
Disinformation Propaganda: We ARE alone: Despite discovering more planets, the chances of finding ET are unlikely, says astronomer
Still waiting for little green men to make contact? Don’t hold your breath. A leading astronomer has concluded there probably aren’t any aliens out there – meaning we are entirely alone in the universe. Even though there may be tens of thousands of other distant planets similar in size to Earth, the conditions on them are likely to be too hostile to support life-forms such as ET. Dr Howard Smith, a senior astrophysicist at Harvard University, believes there is very little hope of discovering aliens and, even if we did, it would be almost impossible to make contact. So far astronomers have discovered a total of 500 planets in distant solar systems – known as extrasolar systems – although they believe billions of others exist. But Dr Smith points out that many of these planets are either too close to their sun or too far away, meaning their surface temperatures are so extreme they could not support life. (Daily Mail)...Opinion: So, on the basis of 50 planets ... a scientist has declared there to be no life on the remaining BILLIONS of probable planets out there??? What a ridiculous conclusion! We are supposed to accept this narrow viewpoint are we?