The question of whether we are alone in the universe has been pondered throughout human history. Ancient Greek philosophers such as Epicurus argued that there an infinite number of worlds in the universe that exist. An extensive line of philosophers, writers, and scientists have debated the topic over the centuries.
Back in 1994, astronomer and author Carl Sagan of Cornell University authored an article in Scientific American that called for the search for extraterrestrial life. He noted that the earth remains the only inhabited world known so far, but scientists are finding that the universe abounds with the chemistry of life.”
Almost three decades later from Carl’s Sagan’s insights on the abundance of the chemistry of life, we are at the doorway of discovery in our new technological era to prove and find that extraterrestrial life may exist and may be plentiful.
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