Are we alone in the universe? I would say “No”. We can’t possibly be alone in this universe. For some it may sound cliché and for others it may not.
Now…is it that little green man that Hollywood and media projects that I believe in?…May be or may be not. I am not sure about that. I think alien life doesn’t necessarily have to be this intelligent little green creatures. No doubt I love watching them on movies and TVs. UFO controversies really raise eye brows. No doubt about that. But, for me, even if we find microorganisms or a unicellular life elsewhere in the universe, that’s a big thing. Little green man or other Hollywood alien characters might just be a product of creative cartoonist and we can’t be sure how exactly extraterrestrial life would look like until we come across one for “real”. But I DO believe in life forms elsewhere in the universe, although I dont know how they look like.
Instead of beating the same old trumpet let me say few things. The best evidence that universe supports life is none other than “we, the earthlings”. We sometimes talk about space as though it’s an outside entity. But we are not separate from space. We are in space. We live in space. We live on this tiny planet floating in space, revolving around medium sized Star called “Sun”. If we are the live example of life in the universe, there got to be life elsewhere too since the universe is simply too big.
Our universe is filled with billions of galaxies and each galaxy in turn has billions of star systems, which in turn has planetary systems. If our earth could exist in one of the star systems (our solar system), we have astronomical number of planets that we know exist but don’t have a clue about. We know for sure that one planet (our earth) among those trillions of possible planets has life. We are the sole example to say that life is not impossible to occur in universe. There is 100% chance that there are planetary systems out there with right amount of ingredients to sustain life. We are yet to uncover our own solar system let alone other galaxies some of which are billion of light years away. How can we say life doesn’t exist in such a multitude of star systems spread across the universe. It would be arrogant on our part to think that we are alone in this universe, when it is filled with billions of similar galaxies and identical star systems. Biology could exist elsewhere too.
Saying that the entire cosmos can’t hold any kind of life is contradicting our own existence. When we believe in math so strongly, which has several theorems that are proved by contradiction, why not use the same principle to life elsewhere.
This is just a thought. Suggestions/comments/corrections/other perceptions are welcome.
