Question

einmal mehr haben wir zwei neue planeten gefunden: http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2011/two-new-planets-found-1221.html die kommen doch sehr nahe ihrer sonne deswegen ist's kaum wahrscheinlich dass's leben dort gibt. also was denkt ihr darüber?

Answer 1

Hast du "Comos" auf Carl Sagan gelesen oder geschaut?

Die Erfindungen machen mir, Carls Rechnung zu glauben. Das heiß, es gibt andere Leben.

Answer 2

nee das hab ich noch nicht gesehn (vielleicht) doch würde ich gern hierüber weiterlesen da ich's aber faszinierend finde

oh the astronomy

Answer 3

(Too hard to write this in German:)

He basically uses a 'top-down' methodology to argue there must be life; he uses the actual numbers here, I just can't remember them:

"There are x billion galaxies, each with y billion stars, giving xy billion billion stars.

"If only p % of them have planets and only q % of those planets are viable for life, and if even only on r% of those life has arisen, and then only s% of those have arisen to consciousness and intelligence...

"...then we're still left with a staggering number of planets on which there must be intelligent life."

I'll see if I can find a video.

The point is, he was making this argument decades before we had found these planets. The fact that we now have, gives further ground for his argument. It's exciting.

Answer 4

Amazing post @JamesJ