• Question: Is there life on any other planet

    Asked by scotthoughton to Antonia, Douglas, Hugh, Matt, Tom on 15 Jun 2010 in Categories: . This question was also asked by mattyfairhurst, biggusdiggus, tucky, marx, batman, hannahupton, naimabegum, leonac, sophiewilson, soilderbot, bradfordj.
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      Matthew Hurley answered on 14 Jun 2010:


      There probably is but it’s just a case of finding out for sure.

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      Douglas Blane answered on 14 Jun 2010:


      Not that we know of. Yet. But lots of scientists believe there must be. One of the most interesting new kinds of scientist is called an exobiologist.

      That’s a scientist who studies where and how life could exist outside of Earth – and tries to find it. So they’re thinking about other planets in the solar system, such as Mars, and also planets around other stars.

      Here’s an interview I did with an exobiologist called Giovanna Tinetti: http://www.scientificblogging.com/douglasblane/searching_for_life_on_other_worlds

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      Antonia Hamilton answered on 14 Jun 2010:


      probably, but not that we have been in contact with. there are so many planets in the universe that it is likely that life has evolved on more than one. but it might just be like bacteria, not necessarily intelligent life. And it is too far away to contact us or to visit and abduct people from Arizona.

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      Hugh Roderick answered on 15 Jun 2010:


      We haven’t found any conclusive evidence yet, but I think there should be somewhere else in the universe, if not anywhere else in our solar system

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      Tom Hardy answered on 15 Jun 2010:


      So far there is no conclusive evidence of life on any of the planets we know about, so the scientific answer has to be no, not that we know of. However, I think that if there is life on Earth it is reasonable to assume there may well be life somewhere in space, in an area of space we don’t even know exists yet

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