• Question: Are we the only living lifeform in this universe?

    Asked by anon-225687 to Sameed, Jose, joannabarstow, Heidi, Freya, Chris on 12 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by anon-225811.
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      Joanna Barstow answered on 12 Nov 2019:

      I don’t think so, no – the Universe is huge and we now know that there are at least as many planets as there are stars. So, to me, it seems very unlikely that no other planet has life on it. But we don’t have any evidence yet for life on other planets.

      Of course, our own planet is full of non-human life!

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      Sameed Muhammed answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      There is no evidence that there are other forms of life beyond planet earth, but there is also no evidence that there are not. The universe is so big that until we start looking everywhere in detail, we can’t be sure.

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