are there some other Civilization in this universe, someone else? what is the grand secret about the universe even the goverment doesn't wants us to know?
130269
Are we alone? Probably not. It would be fairly conceited to think otherwise. What is the 'grand secret' the government doesn't want us to know? I really doubt there is any secret. I don't believe any foreign intelligent life has ever visited the earth. Frankly, if they have the technology to cover the vast distances to visit us, then they would have no interest in doing so. If it was the land they were interested in, then we would not be hear anymore. They probably could anihalate us in the blink of an eye.
341937
I agree with you. There has got to be other planets out there with life on them. And some with intelligent life. It is very self centered for humans to say Earth is the only planet in the whole universe to have life. And yes, for the religious people, God does not have to mention that there other planets with life for it to be true.
517164
I love this kind of Q...we used to have healthy disscusions about this when I was at school....I agree totally that there has to be other 'beings' on other planets....I mean where did we come from? \n\nYes, God made man.....here's a question for you all....what's to say God hasn't made other humans or beings elsewhere in the Universe. The Universe is way to diverse and still being discovered with heaps of other solar systems that haven't even been found yet.\n\nSo, I'm for 'Beings' out there purely because there still is no proof that there aren't any.....oh, and by the way I don't stand in cornfields with aluminium on my head.
394940
Well astronomers think the expansion of the universe is actually accelerating, so what you are proposing probably will never come to pass.  Anyway for a civilization to survive a "big crunch" if it happened, would have to far far far more advanced then anything we could possibly imagine.
419838
Here's my take.. and yes I am a Christian.\n\nThis universe we live in a massive place and it has been around for billions of years.  I think it would be pretty egotistical and extremely closed minded of us to think that we are the only beings in this whole universe.  When we look at it from this context, there is a very high probility that there other inteligent life forms out there.  Why we haven't met them yet is a matter of debate.  If we are to assume that there are such things as UFO, then we must ask the question, why would they 'discover us' and never attempt contact?  It really don't make any since for them to 'buzz' our planet and never say 'Hi'.\n\nIf one believes that a supreme being (God) created this universe then one has to believe he know's about all the life that is out there.  Therefore, if one believes that God created all life (since he created the universe) then it would fall to reason that he would make his presence known to all inteligent life.  Why would he just tell us?\n\nSo, here's where it get's tricky.  In order for any being to visit our planet they would have figure out how to defeat the laws of physics as it relates to speed and time because there are no life sustainable planets with in 100 light years from here!  Now.. it could be.. that we were visited thousands of years ago from aliens that spent 1,000 years getting here and they are just now getting back home.  I think that's highly unlikely.\n\nSo.. if we consolidate all of these thoughts, we can come to a single, simple conclusion.  IF we get a visit by aliens from another planet, should we be surprised when they tell us stories of their religious diety that exactly mirrors ours?\n\nJust some thoughts to get your creative juices flowing!\n\nGood luck!
81569
Personally no.  But I know other people, friends and family, who have seen things in the sky that defy explanation, manmade or natural.  I trust these people without question.  So, where do they come from?  The only reasonable explanation is that they are from a higher intelligence either in this dimension or other dimensions.  There are too many stories from too many credible people to discount it.\n\nAs as side note, I believe our government and military know a lot more than they are telling us.  They hide the truth because they fear pubic anarchy if people thought we were being invaded.
625500
Great philosophical question.  I believe there are other living things somewhere in space.  Even if you believe we are a random happening, there are so many millions of planets out there that there would have to be a second occurrence like what happened to us.  And if there is a god, then I am sure other civilizations were created as well.  So either way, there is a good chance there are other life's somewhere in space.
350661
I hate to be the philosopher but that is why the question still reamins. No one can accuratly tell what lies beyond the boundries of the universe. Is there another? Is it just white noise? I believe that space is infinite and our "universe" could well be a part of a cluster of "multiverses". i was once told that the universe is expanding in the same way that a balloon is blown up. So what lies beyond our universe? I say space, space, and more space! \n\nIf our universe began with the "big bang" then that would mean that at some point the universe had collapsed upon itself, leaving empty space.
191954
There is no way for us to know since we are defined by our own universe.  There does not need to be a substance outside of our universe for it to expand.  A substance would slow us down.\n\nThe most popular theories for what lies beyond our universe are nothing (nothing to us anyway, it would be nothing of this universe so we certainly wouldn't recognize it), and other universes.  But explaining multiple universes gets complex and it's hard to decide if they are more like bubbles or like russian matryoshka dolls.
54774
BECAUSE IT SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO VAST and we humans have not even discovered half of de secrets of dis HUGE UNIVERSE so how can u xpect us 2 CONTROL it.
197215
duh! there are.....it wud be ridiculousif there werent.the universe is abt 4 to 5 billion years in size.how can there be no other life in other galaxies or planetary systems
198021
In addition to memac63's pretty good answer, intergalactic space and the entire universe is filled with other "things" that don't necessarily have any solidity -- dark energy (the mysterious force that's causing the universes's expansion rate to increase), gravity (its range is infinite), and something called the cosmic microwave background radiation which is the "afterglow" from the Big Bang.\n\nGod should be spelled B-I-G B-A-N-G\nPBrax@netscape.com
7904
I once read a theory that the universe is so big, that there's a chance that not only is there another earth somewhere, but there's probably so many that there's bound to be one exactly like ours.  The universe is huge beyond our present ability to comprehend, and it would be highly ignorant to think that with all the building blocks of life floating around out there that life doesn't exist somewhere else.  Whether we ever find it or not is another question.
153856
At the present time, we just don't know.  If you saw pictures of aliens, what you saw were fake.  Nobody on earth has yet to produce a verifiable image, photographic, electronic or hand-drawn, of a living creature that originated elsewhere in the universe than from our home planet.  Nobody.\n\nAlso, at the present time, we suspect that there is no other planet in any nearby solar system that's host to a sentient race of beings like us.  That does not mean that some form of what we call "life" is impossible, but just think: out of the billions of living critters that now inhabit, or did in the past, our home planet, only one of those life forms evolved to the point where it (us) can even begin to think about such questions.  That by itself will tell ya we're sorta unique! ;-)\n\nIt sure would be interesting, wouldn't it?  But imagine if you will what it might be like if those alien creatures we fantasize about were an advanced race of carnivores that look upon us as another breed of cattle, fit only for eating!  Yow!  Or, how about if they were friendly, warm and fuzzy folks who just love to make nice with us - but they carry an infectious disease that there's no cure for.  Oh boy.  Or maybe, like Darth Vader, they just consider us a nusiance worthy of one blast from a super-mega cannon that blows Earth into dust?  Whoa!  Hey dude: you SURE you wanna meet aliens?  \n\nAll this is just idle speculation.  The hard fact is, even if there were creatures just like us somewhere in the universe, we are not gonna know about it, because the distances between them and us are just too great to permit interstellar travel, the hazards of such a trip are insurmountable, and no means of communication can travel fast enough for us to hear from them and be able to answer back.  Kind of a bummer, isn't it?
139193
I don't know about experiments and alien visits. But I know that I'd like to think that there is more out there some where. I don't even know if there is a chance that other intelegent life exists for not but I can't help but think that other planets in the universe have to be suitable for some form of life and continue to sustain something. We may never find it or know about it, especailly in this life time but there has to be more than just Earth.
277764
No I believe there is other life out there somewhere. The universe is huge so how could we be the only planet to have life?
598361
I think you have it backwards.  The macrocosm reflects (to a degree), the microcosm.\n\nAt present, no-one knows if there are other universes.  My suspicion (not belief, just suspicion) is that everything that is possible is in some sense actual.  My other suspicion is that nothing is actual at all, so there is nothing to prevent the existence of everything.  Yes, that's a contradiction, but we're allowed to contemplate them once we step outside the bounds of what is knowable.