Are we alone in the Universe?

[Aonz]

This of course is open to speculation; I'm just interested to know your opinions. Here are a few details about the Universe. 1) There are some 100 billion galaxies visible to modern telescopes and the total number in the universe is believed to exceed this number. 2) The total number of stars in the universe is roughly 10 billion trillion. 3) If one in a million stars has 1 planet that is roughly 10 million billion planets in the universe. 4) Dr Norman Murray, from the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics has estimated there are 50 billion Earth-like planets in our own Milky Way galaxy.

[Squirrel]

So is that:



No life: 0%

Life: 100%

[Andromeda]

Xyzzy - answer to your question "Men In Black" loved that bit - reminds me of the theory some childrens author came up with about the universe being a piece of fluff on a giants cardigan and the gods help us if we ever get put in the washing machine.

To answer Aonz - yes, I am alone in the universe. You are all just figments of my imagination.

Andy

[LeMarchand]

To xyzzy@bok: Men In Black (the end sequence of the movie).