I wonder how many times we have been discovered by aliens also not able to transverse the distance. Those we will never know. It would be ones that could, if any, that would concern me. On Jul 18, 2014 7:19 AM, "Seth Jarvis" <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:
Astronomers finding alien life elsewhere in our galaxy, through the distinctive biological signatures of life in the atmospheres of alien worlds orbiting other stars, is a thrilling idea. But what gives me a full-on attack of the heebie-jeebies is the prospect of alien life discovering us. Fortunately, the odds of that are... let's just call them slim.
-----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Joe Bauman via Utah-Astronomy Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 6:16 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Life elsewhere
Just to underline the excellent presentation last night: http://www.businessinsider.com/aliens-wont-look-like-et-2014-7 _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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