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aliens ufos and life in outer space these are some topics that will be ever ambiguous
and the answers to them would only be found once we come in contact for terrestrial life
but when will that happen for years conspiracy theories about ufo sightings around the world have
surfaced only to be debunked by experts later some also believe that the united states is in contact
with aliens and that's why the highly classified area 51 remains inaccessible to the common people
but again these are just assumptions there is no concrete proof of extraterrestrial life
and for now it looks like we are alone in this vast universe traveling in the ever-marching wagon
of space-time but things are going to change drastically years of research have unlocked
many mysteries of the universe but the question whether aliens exist remains unanswered however
a former chief scientist from nasa believes that we will soon have a close encounter with aliens
yes you heard that right jim green who retired as nasa's chief scientist in january this year
told bbc many of them are in places much like the earth where we can receive the light from the sun
and we can have water and not only in liquid form frozen form and vapor form these are important
conditions we believe for life he added that they were making enormous progress and the
40 years that he was in the space industry they understood a lot of things they earlier couldn't
he also said that the james webb space telescope would be able to help them analyze atmospheres of
currently unreachable planets and nasa would be able to tease us with some images of such planets
jim called this a huge step forward and that we could see some astounding discoveries in the next
handful of years he also said that the telescope could help them compare the atmosphere of remote
planets to the ones they already know about we are going to be comparing these atmospheres to
the ones we know are they more venus-like are they more mars-like are they more earth-like he said
these studies could be the key to answering the question are we all alone in the vastness of this
universe it will be interesting to know what such studies reveal they could also confirm if
any of the ufo sightings in the past were real well we cannot wait all the best web
humanity is waiting with baited breath for your upcoming discoveries
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news and videos from the world of astronomy upon discovering the existence of intelligent
life beyond earth the first question we are most likely to ask is how can we communicate we are
in 2022 now and the question feels more urgent than ever advances in remote sensing technologies
have revealed that the vast majority of stars in our galaxy host planets and that many of these
exoplanets appear capable of hosting liquid water on their surface a prerequisite for life
as we know it the odds that at least one of these billions of planets has produced intelligent life
seem favorable enough to spend some time figuring out how to say hello space research organizations
around the world along with nasa have been in pursuit of making contact with alien life
but forget making contact we do not even have proof that alien life actually exists now a team
at nasa is hoping to change that how by sending nudes we are going to attract aliens by sending
them wait for it unsolicited nudes yes you heard that right nasa is planning to do so through
binary signals outside earth's atmosphere to attract extraterrestrial intelligence
an updated binary coded message has been developed for transmission to extraterrestrial intelligences
in the milky way galaxy the message includes basic mathematical and physical concepts to establish
a universal means of communication followed by information on the biochemical composition of life
on earth the solar system's time-stamped position in the milky way relative to global clusters
the project is known as the beacon in the galaxy and it shows the various diagrams related to
biochemistry of life on earth and two cartoons of the male and the female body with exposed genitals
the entire message is in binary code as it is the most basic form of digital communication
messaging extraterrestrials has always occupied a controversial position in the broader city search
for extraterrestrial intelligence community which is mostly focused on listening for alien
transmissions rather than sending out our own to many the practice is a waste of time at best and
an existentially dangerous gamble at worst stephen hawking one of the greatest physicists ever
once warned that aliens may not see us as any more valuable than we see bacteria
if you look at history contact between humans and less intelligent organisms
have often been disastrous from their point of view and encounters between civilizations with
advanced versus primitive technologies have gone badly for the less advanced he had said
hawking went on to say that aliens could be vastly more powerful than us and contacting them is not
the best idea but we are a curious species and we will always want to know what is out there even if
it is dangerous there are billions of targets to choose from and the odds that we send a message to
the right planet at the right time are dismally low plus we have no idea who may be listening
what if we give our address to an alien species that lives on a diet of bipedal
hominins despite the pitfalls many insist that the potential rewards of active seti
far outweigh the risks first contact would be one of the most momentous occasions in the history of
our species the argument goes and if we just wait around for someone to call us it may
never happen as for the risk of annihilation by a malevolent space alien we blew our cover long ago
any extraterrestrial capable of traveling to earth would be more than capable of detecting
evidence of life in the chemical signatures of our atmosphere or the electromagnetic radiation
that has been leaking from our radios televisions and radar systems for the past century so the
question remains should we send messages to aliens just because it would be difficult to achieve
global consensus on what to send or whether we should send doesn't mean we shouldn't do it
to finally know that we are not alone in the universe would not just encourage science
but our understanding about life and place in the cosmos as well what do you guys think drop
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the james webb space telescope will forever revolutionize modern astronomy outshining
even the hubble space telescope in terms of scope and depth of discoveries and scientific advances
however one of webb's primary goals during its first year of science missions
is to find and study extraterrestrial worlds beyond our solar systems with a focus on how
they form as well as the possibility of them having water and biological life
webb's research into star and planet formation allows us to link studies of mature exoplanets
to their birth conditions as well as our own solar system to its origins webb's infrared capabilities
are perfect for revealing how stars and planets are formed for three particular reasons
infrared light penetrates dust well takes up the thermal signatures of young stars and planets
and indicates the presence of key chemical constituents like water and organic chemistry
mid-infrared light may pass through clouds that are 20 times thicker than visible light this
is especially important when looking at newborn stars that are concealed inside their natal clouds
as these clouds haven't dispersed for these young stars yet we can't see visible light
webb's infrared capabilities are crucial because they allow us to see investigate and grasp the
early stages of star formation when gas and dust are still squeezing inwards to give birth to young
stars but there's more to natal star clouds than that young stars and giant planets both start off
as huge puffy structures that gradually contract over time while newborn stars become hotter as
they grow older the giant planets become colder but they both emit more light in the infrared than
visible wavelengths that means web will excel at finding new stars and planets and can aid in our
understanding of the physics of their formation miri will also look for heated molecular gas
near numerous young stars which could indicate the formation of rocky potentially habitable planets
astronomers will be able to reach an agreement on the concentration of bulk molecules including the
beginnings of ice at the earliest phases of planet formation thanks to such observations
it's no wonder that a large portion of webb's early scientific work focuses on determining how
planetary systems construct molecules that may be crucial for the advent of life as we know it
if you can't wait neither can we what do you guys have to say, leave comments below