/sci/ - Science & Math

There are enough galaxies and stars and planets that is impossible to truly comprehend the vastness of our universe. Even if planets like Earth are 1 in a million and intelligent life is also 1 in a million, we wouldn't be the only intelligent life in the Milky Way. It's estimated that the Milky Way has roughly 100 billion planets. If we are alone, it means that either the creationists or the simulated reality memesters are right.

>>8791698

There are, and I'm not exaggerating here, over 100 billion planets in the Milky Way alone. Just from probability I guarantee there are a few hundred or maybe even thousand in our galaxy as nice or nicer than Earth in terms of comfiness for humanity. And that isn't even getting into the possibility of habitable moons or slightly harsher planets where we could survive but it wouldn't be as nice as Earth.

We've been living on Earth for our entire existence and we're still discovering new animals and plants. We still discover new things about the planet itself. We still haven't charted most of the ocean floor and most caves. There is a lot of shit to do with a whole planet. If we could confirm the presence of a habitable planet within a relatively reasonable distance from Earth it would be one of the biggest moments in mankind's history and it would cause another space race.