KeithTas wrote:Big Fat Frosty wrote:LordRaven wrote:4.5 years would be the time it would take to travel at the speed of light to our nearest neighbouring star Alpha Centauri.
Such are the vast distances that any aliens would have to travel to get here.
Mind boggling.
yup
u cant just make an object move that fast instantaniously
to move an object to light speed and brake from it
would take millenia of itself
even if u had an engine that could reach it
The overwhelming issue here is that just because Alpha Centauri is the nearest star system does not mean it has planets with intelligent life. No planets have ever been detects in the triple star system.
The other issues as I keep saying is the impossible odds of finding life in the galaxy, this in itself is
astronomically impossible, let along two nearest stars harbouring first of all planets in the goldie locks zone and then sporning intelligent life. It's all pie in the sky.
First, a question, I recal you mentioning you belive there is a high posability of life in other solar systems!
Are you making the distinction that finding it would be astronomicaly imposable?
2nd, the goldilocks zone only determines the distance from the sun nessisary to render H2O in its liquid state! This in no way states there couldn't be biological organisms living on onther planets within our solar system. It dosn't even dictate whether life exist on this plant! Bio organic life is not dependant on light or water! Our definition of life is far greater than the traditional vision of it grows, feeds, reproduces, etc... It is consided highly probable that there are carbon based life formes within our solar system beyond the biosphere, due to the great number of carbon compounds that can be created with relative ease.