Nothing, less than nothing ... current theories (which are reasonably well accepted) suggest there is no “space” outside our universe, the concept is meaningless, “space“ is inside the universe and...
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Nothing, less than nothing ... current theories (which are reasonably well accepted) suggest there is no “space” outside our universe, the concept is meaningless, “space“ is inside the universe and...
That is true but a distant fly-by like that is quite different from the in-atmosphere sightings that we are discussing. Once in the atmosphere the energy required to escape is huge so surely if the...
Well, that is a completely unanswerable position to take so I'm happy to leave this part of the discussion.
I have seen lots of things I cannot explain - not being able to explain something doesn't mean the answer is necessarily aliens or sky fairies.
Going from seeing something unusual/unexplained to...
I don‘t think any of the sensible posts have disputed the probability of life on other planets - I certainly agree it is pretty well a certainty. What I and others have disputed is the claim that...
Or maybe they are equally sceptical of other equally significant unsubstantiated claims as well ...
It’s a really fascinating question and I guess that really the test will be civilisations that are sending out radio waves which will be greater than the spacefaring number.
Nevertheless the size...
Well yes and no, yes the many other civilisations increase the probability and of course we are only affected by our own timeline but the timelines of one or more other civilisations need to...
Firstly the universe is so vast that although other civilisations almost certainly exist they are likely to be unimaginably far away, the chances of them being anywhere near us is miniscule.
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