[Closed] I know it’s a stretch to even think about but what if Kepler 452b is in fact inhabited?

The notion is just so exciting. My of my greatest hopes is that SETI is able to detect...

... intelligent extraterrestrial life for I check out. That will really be an amazing discovery.

1,400 light-years away, 37,000 mph, 26 million years to get there

Science says ... it is possible

Are we "REALLY" the only ones :-/

REALLY ?

There is (and has been) life, including intelligent life in this universe and across the "multiverses" that exist out there. But it can be difficult for some to fully accept that.

But if we survive long enough here on Earth without a massive conflict , it will eventually become common knowledge that life exists across the cosmos and that we here on this planet have a vastly more extensive past (and hopefully future, too) than we might possibly imagine.

Unless my math is wrong, it would take 2.5 million years to get there at that speed.

1400 light years = 8.2 Quadrillion miles. Divided by 37,000 MPH, divided by 24 hours divided by 365 days = 2.5 Million years.

😉

Currently, we have no proof life exists other than Earth. However, I firmly believe...

... life of all kinds is abundant in great numbers throughout the Universe. The incomprehensible numbers of stars and planets make is seem unfathomable that the Earth is unique in that regard.

I totally agree. Although disputable, there seems to be evidence of alien life ...

on earth at some time in the past....

That's a LONG time no matter how you calculate it.....

Some have said there have been sightings of intelligent life on Earth. Sometimes...

... I have my doubts, though.

Either way, better pack a lunch.

I find it difficult to believe...

that anyone/anywhere actually KNOWS FOR A FACT that there IS life in the universe...I think that's just a tad arrogant...(not trying to offend anyone). Even the most erudite scientists in the field can only make assumptions. If the human race actually possessed that knowledge, wouldn't we be much further along on our "journey"? I mean, the only physical proof of anything beyond planet Earth comes from our moon. Anything else is conjecture based upon data gathered by probes & transmitted back to us electronically...

Personally, I believe that life does indeed exist elsewhere in the universe, but I'd never make the claim that it's a fact, because how would I actually know? Just my humble opinion, of course.

Excellent statement!

Terence, you'll be hard pressed to find ANY scientist that has made a declarative...

... statement that extraterrestrial life DEFINITELY exists in the Universe. No one has made the claim they know for a fact. That statement would be antithetical to how science works. Science always demands testable proof. However, you will also be equally hard pressed to find an astrophysicist who does NOT BELIEVE extraterrestrial life exists.

I don't understand your Moon statement. Are you saying we don't have evidence that other bodies...

... exist other than the Moon?

OH I agree.