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Wednesday, 8 April 2015

Signs of Alien Life Will Be Found by 2025, NASA's Chief Scientist Predicts

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Here's the full quote, as delivered by NASA Chief scientist Ellen Stofan at Tuesday's panel discussion on the Agency's search for habitable worlds and alien life:
"I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and I think we're going to have definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years.

We know where to look. We know how to look," Stofan added. "In most cases we have the technology, and we're on a path to implementing it. And so I think we're definitely on the road."

Former astronaut John Grunsfeld, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, echoed Stofan's assessment. "I think we're one generation away in our solar system, whether it's on an icy moon or on Mars, and one generation [away] on a planet around a nearby star."

Maybe it's time to start placing bets. Personally, my money's on Europa – but each of the following "ocean worlds" listed in this infographic from NASA a solid candidate:

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11 comments:

  1. sarcasticgoat8 April 2015 at 20:52

    Can't wait for the day!

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  2. lola gayle8 April 2015 at 21:10

    Have you seen this one yet? I think I'll write something up on it tomorrow. http://www.newsweek.com/aliens-are-enormous-science-suggests-319448

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  3. himanshuchaudhary5138 April 2015 at 21:36

    Very interesting article !!!
    Thanks for sharing :)

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  4. lola gayle8 April 2015 at 21:40

    No problem. Hopefully my brain will be up for it tomorrow. LOL

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  5. boomerbob8 April 2015 at 23:55

    And NASA tends to be a bit conservative in their estimates, so it may even be sooner. For this one discovery, I should still be alive and will get to enjoy it. Gonna be a cool find.

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  6. smarttoughmom9 April 2015 at 01:43

    I always want to meet the aliens :) Thank you to inform us when.

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  7. himanshuchaudhary5139 April 2015 at 06:10

    Thanks for reading :)

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  8. The Chaos Realm9 April 2015 at 19:57

    What a great poster that would be... :-)

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  9. himanshuchaudhary5139 April 2015 at 21:25

    Thanks for reading :)

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  10. Joseph Nebus10 April 2015 at 07:59

    You know, an ocean-world Pluto would be so majestically strange that it wouldn't even need to have life on top of that.

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  11. rennydiokno201523 June 2015 at 07:57

    Reblogged this on My Blog News.

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