Will we make contact with alien life in the next 10 years?

[danmand]

Clearly, we have aliens here on Terb, Aardie is one I am pretty sure of.

 

[harryass]

Aliens are here now and have been here since the ancient times. If I tell you more, I'll have to kill you.

 

[jcpro]

The distances are so great, that even if there's an intelligence out there, it is unlikely we'll ever meet them. Ask a question and your great, great, great grandchildren (maybe)receive an answer from somebody long dead. A crappy conversation.

 

[rgkv]

I think the best thing that could ever happen is the discovery of another race showing it's existence.
Might be all it takes for everyone to band together,to just call ourselves earthlings instead of this and that, to band together as one

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Earth's been prime real estate for about a billion years and nobody has shown up, as far as we know; so, I would say no.
No Romulans or Vulcans or whatever will show up.

 

[danmand]

 

[danmand]

 

[nature1]

Someone else says that unless we're wrong about physics or the galaxy, far away aliens would have to travel faster than the speed of light, which is impossible.

The "speed of light" is only the fastest rate of distance travel that "WE KNOW OF" as of this time in history, there has already been a rate of speed faster than the speed of light. This supposedly occurred at the time of the big bang and before this expansion could happen it needed to expand into a void that was moving faster than the speed of light, or else there would be no void to expand into.

 

[anon1]

We are alone.

 

[notthemama]

I say " Nanoo, Nanoo."

 

[SexB]

If we make contact with aliens, what's the worst that could happen?

 

[TeeJay]

The "speed of light" is only the fastest rate of distance travel that "WE KNOW OF" as of this time in history, there has already been a rate of speed faster than the speed of light. This supposedly occurred at the time of the big bang and before this expansion could happen it needed to expand into a void that was moving faster than the speed of light, or else there would be no void to expand into.

No
The big bang theory (which I do not believe in but for arguments sake) simply says that at a point before the singularity all known laws of physics would break down

They basically say that because the theory does not make sense they do not know what could actually happen at that time

 

[nature1]

No
The big bang theory (which I do not believe in but for arguments sake) simply says that at a point before the singularity all known laws of physics would break down

They basically say that because the theory does not make sense they do not know what could actually happen at that time

Yes. Whether you are a "creationist" or an "evolutionist" makes no difference in dealing with the "then" and "now".

Most textbooks say that nothing can go faster than light, but that statement actually needs to be explained. The answer is yes, you can break the light barrier, but not in the way we see in the movies. There are, in fact, different ways to travel faster than light:

The Big Bang itself expanded much faster than the speed of light. But this only means that "nothing can go faster than light." Since nothing is just empty space or vacuum, it can expand faster than light speed since no material object is breaking the light barrier. Therefore, empty space can certainly expand faster than light.

The only viable way of breaking the light barrier may be through the Theory of General Relativity and the warping of space time, and these discussions and research continue unfortunately at a slower pace than humanity would like. MTC

 

[Bopper2]

There already are aliens among us. How else can you explain Donald Trump?

 

[FAST]

Yes. Whether you are a "creationist" or an "evolutionist" makes no difference in dealing with the "then" and "now".

Most textbooks say that nothing can go faster than light, but that statement actually needs to be explained. The answer is yes, you can break the light barrier, but not in the way we see in the movies. There are, in fact, different ways to travel faster than light:

The Big Bang itself expanded much faster than the speed of light. But this only means that "nothing can go faster than light." Since nothing is just empty space or vacuum, it can expand faster than light speed since no material object is breaking the light barrier. Therefore, empty space can certainly expand faster than light.

The only viable way of breaking the light barrier may be through the Theory of General Relativity and the warping of space time, and these discussions and research continue unfortunately at a slower pace than humanity would like. MTC

I thought "time warp" was theoretically possible,...which means all of the problems, physics laws pose a with going faster than the speed of light, would be eliminated.

FAST

 

[nature1]

There already are aliens among us. How else can you explain Donald Trump?

Wow, excellent point!

 

[nature1]

I thought "time warp" was theoretically possible,...which means all of the problems, physics laws pose a with going faster than the speed of light, would be eliminated.

FAST

Yes, but it is only a theory and cosmology through lack of knowledge has not progressed enough yet to test the theory - but some day.

That is why I wish they would just ask the aliens that they have recovered as to what the secret is, it would speed things up a lot. :eyebrows:

 

[oil&gas]

I thought "time warp" was theoretically possible,...which means all of the problems, physics laws pose a with going faster than the speed of light, would be eliminated.

FAST

I am not sure if 'theoretically possible' is the way to put it.
Certainly it is not theoretically possible in the same sense that
muon-catalyzed fusion of two heavy Hydrogen atoms is possible
by virtue of quantum mechanical tunnelling. "Time Warp"
is but a theoretical construct to my understanding. I guess
we can call it possible the way we say 1/0 = infinity is possible.

 

[GPIDEAL]

Someone else says that unless we're wrong about physics or the galaxy, far away aliens would have to travel faster than the speed of light, which is impossible.

The "speed of light" is only the fastest rate of distance travel that "WE KNOW OF" as of this time in history, there has already been a rate of speed faster than the speed of light. This supposedly occurred at the time of the big bang and before this expansion could happen it needed to expand into a void that was moving faster than the speed of light, or else there would be no void to expand into.

I agree with you that DESPITE what others proclaim about their doubts on interstellar space travel being limited by the speed of light, we only know what we know, and that there may be ways to travel great distances in other ways.

 

[GPIDEAL]

Yes. Whether you are a "creationist" or an "evolutionist" makes no difference in dealing with the "then" and "now".

Most textbooks say that nothing can go faster than light, but that statement actually needs to be explained. The answer is yes, you can break the light barrier, but not in the way we see in the movies. There are, in fact, different ways to travel faster than light:

The Big Bang itself expanded much faster than the speed of light. But this only means that "nothing can go faster than light." Since nothing is just empty space or vacuum, it can expand faster than light speed since no material object is breaking the light barrier. Therefore, empty space can certainly expand faster than light.

The only viable way of breaking the light barrier may be through the Theory of General Relativity and the warping of space time, and these discussions and research continue unfortunately at a slower pace than humanity would like. MTC

I agree.

BTW, isn't there some new thought about NO Big Bang, with this talk about dark energy or dark matter?