Life+Elsewhere

Life Elsewhere
Is there life elsewhere? This is a question many of us have asked ourselves at one time or another. Well, you may not believe it, because you haven't seen proof, but to me, seeing isn't believing, believing is seeing. I think that if I believe, eventually I may see. I believe there could be life elsewhere for these reasons: One, I just don't see how, with everything being so big, and all the galaxies, stars, planets, that we can be the only people here; Two, there are some planets, such as Mars, that could absolutely hold some sort of life — if not life like ours, then maybe more primitive; Three, I honestly, truly believe that I have seen a sort of spaceship in the sky. How I picture this "other life" could be different from your perspective, but I still do believe.

The universe is huge — bigger than anyone could ever imagine. There are galaxies, stars, planets, moons, black holes, and much, much, //much// more. Currently, the observable universe we live in, is believed by scientists, to be estimated to have a width of 156 billion light years, though it still believed by others to be infinite in size, age, shape, and mass. It is impossible to tell for sure — all I can say is that //holy cow, it's huge//! And, if something is that huge, how can we humans be the only existing life in the universe, especially since we only reside on one teensy little planet. We're not even as big as a particle of dust to the rest of the universe!

There are so many planets, and so many that we just don't know about yet. I don't see how anyone can just blatantly say that they don't believe that there is any life anywhere else, whatsoever, and believe me, there are people that do think that. Certainly, with the way some planets are made (gaseous, etc.), it would be pretty impossible, but it is possible for some other planets, such as the planet Mars in our own solar system. The life wouldn't have to be big, either. It could be something as insignificant as a strange space plant, but it would mean a lot.

As another way to prove my point, I have decided to share my own personal "alien" experience: One day, up at a cottage my family sometimes rents out over the summer, my mother and I were standing outside on a clear, starry night. My mom pointed up in the sky and told me to make a wish because we saw what we thought was a shooting star. We watched it zoom across the sky.

How I picture this "other life" may be different from your picturing. I mean, for all I know, you could picture anything from blobs to big green monsters with giant heads as other life! See, what I think might be most logical or makes the most sense, is that the other life would look just like us, or some version of us, since we ourselves have evolved. Who knows, in another couple thousand years, we could be some superhuman, so who am I to say these creatures would look exactly like us? To wrap this whole rant up, my conclusion is that there absolutely has to be //some// kind of life elsewhere, even if it doesn't look like what I think it does.

Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/life/looking/index.shtml http://www.wisegeek.com/how-big-is-the-universe.htm http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/seuforum/howfar/