TopGun Posted 6 February, 2009 Posted 6 February, 2009 Intelligent civilisations are out there and there could be thousands of them, according to an Edinburgh scientist. The discovery of more than 330 planets outside our solar system in recent years has helped refine the number of life forms that are likely to exist. The current research estimates that there are at least 361 intelligent civilisations in our Galaxy and possibly as many as 38,000. The work is reported in the International Journal of Astrobiology. Even with the higher of the two estimates, however, it is not very likely that contact could be established with alien worlds. While researchers often come up with overall estimates of the likelihood of intelligent life in the universe, it is a process fraught with guesswork; recent guesses put the number anywhere between a million and less than one. "It's a process of quantifying our ignorance," said Duncan Forgan, the University of Edinburgh researcher who carried out the work. In his new approach, Mr Forgan simulated a galaxy much like our own, allowing it to develop solar systems based on what is now known from the existence of so-called exoplanets in our galactic neighbourhood. These simulated alien worlds were then subjected to a number of different scenarios. The first assumed that it is difficult for life to be formed but easy for it to evolve, and suggested there were 361 intelligent civilisations in the galaxy. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7870562.stm Hope they come and say hello!
TopGun Posted 6 February, 2009 Author Posted 6 February, 2009 Some of them already have. I don't think Karen Matthews, Jade Goody and Kerry Katona count as intelligent alien lifeforms.
Mole Posted 6 February, 2009 Posted 6 February, 2009 Sounds more like the theories of an Edinburgh smackhead.
Deppo Posted 6 February, 2009 Posted 6 February, 2009 You have'nt mentioned Lowe in some alien-type context yet, Stanley...
PhilB Posted 7 February, 2009 Posted 7 February, 2009 Somewhere out there other life forms must exist. After all we're here, you don't have to be a scientist to figure that out.
Johnny Shearer Posted 7 February, 2009 Posted 7 February, 2009 Somewhere out there other life forms must exist. After all we're here, you don't have to be a scientist to figure that out. Agreed. The size of the galaxy is hard enough for me to comprehend, let alone the universe. Has to be other life forms out there!
Pancake Posted 7 February, 2009 Posted 7 February, 2009 But do they want to invest in an Earth Football Club?
Johnny Shearer Posted 8 February, 2009 Posted 8 February, 2009 But do they want to invest in an Earth Football Club? Ha, I'm sure if this was on TMS someone would be asking if there are any fit humanoid aliens too!
Handyman Posted 8 February, 2009 Posted 8 February, 2009 With the nearest star (sun) being 4.3 lightyears away, we won't be going there anytime soon.
St Landrew Posted 8 February, 2009 Posted 8 February, 2009 I'd imagine sometime after 4th April 2063.
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 8 February, 2009 Posted 8 February, 2009 I'd imagine sometime after 4th April 2063. Should this be on the takeover thread? :confused:
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 8 February, 2009 Posted 8 February, 2009 You missed Poopey fans! Surely their not intelligent lifeforms!!!
mack rill Posted 9 February, 2009 Posted 9 February, 2009 :smt023Its life Jim!...................But not as we know it:smt023
Thedelldays Posted 9 February, 2009 Posted 9 February, 2009 :smt023Its life Jim!...................But not as we know it:smt023 theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere areeeeeeeee klingons on the Starboard bow Starboard bow Starboard bow there are klingons on the Starboard bow starboard bow Jim..
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