Monday, January 20, 2014

Fact or Fiction? Are Aliens Really REAL?

Is there life on other planets? Are aliens real? This is the question that many of kids, scientists and astronomers still have no answer today. Some of the most known movies are based off of aliens, like E.T.: The Extra - Terrestrial. Even without evidence, some people believe that aliens still exist. Many of these people still wonder, do aliens visit Earth? Would they fly in flying saucers, UFO's, or in something more advanced. Something more sophisticated for humans to understand. But how would we know if we've actually seen one? What if their "spacecrafts" can transform into air crafts that we can identify. Or maybe they can become invisible. Who knows? But here is the real question, are our rules like theirs? Do physics apply to them too? Many people believe that they have sighted aliens UFO, but no one knows exactly what they saw. From unexplained lights in the sky or unidentified objects.In June 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported seeing several “flying saucers” or “flying discs.” Around the same time, the United States military recovered debris from a highly-classified experimental high-altitude surveillance balloon that crashed near Roswell, New Mexico. Despite the military’s explanations, many people believed the “Roswell UFO Incident” involved the crash-landing of an alien spacecraft.These events attracted the interest of many scientists. Although some percentage of UFO sightings have remained unexplained, most of them have been explained to be missiles, kites, or weather balloons. No matter how many people believe in aliens, U.S government says that “no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race.”

My Opinion

Aliens are REAL, nothing can change my mind. Maybe some cold hard explanations, but that hasn't been made yet. For aliens to be real, there is about a 60% chance. There many stars in our universe and research has shown that about 50% of them harbor planets. Also, in the Milky Way alone, there are about 1 trillion planets. Seth Shostak, a senior astronomer at the SETI Institute says,"Surely some of them have undergone what Earth has undergone and developed life, and eventually what we call sentient life." Many other scientists believe that most planets cannot support human life or any life, but our knowledge of adaption is limited to humans. What if other life forms do not need oxygen to survive, or water? But all in all, i think aliens are real.


Top 10 Planets Similar to Earth


10. K01-314.02
Distance from Earth - 298.4 light years
Orbital Period-23.1 days
Surface Temperature-125*F
Earth Similarity index - 90%

9. K01- 784.01
Distance from Earth - 1068
Orbit period - 19.3 days
Surface Temperature - 122*F

8.K01 - 812.03
Distance from Earth - 1394.4 light years
Orbit period - 46.2
Surface Temperature - 3*F
Earth similarity index - 90%

7. K01-1422.02
Distance from Earth - 1046.9
Orbital Period - 19.9
Surface Temperature - 7*F
Earth Similarity Index - 90%

6.K01-1361.01
Distance from Earth - 799.6 light years
Orbital Speed - 59.9
Surface Temperature - 46*F
Earth similarity Index - 90%

5. K01-899.03
Distance from Earth - 740 light years
Orbital speed - 15.4
Surface Temperature 84*F
Earth Similarity Index - 93%

4.K01-1686.01
Distance from Earth -1004.3
Orbital Speed - 56.9
Surface Temperature - 66*F
Earth similarity Index - 93%

3.K01-947.01
Distance from Earth - 796.8
Orbital Speed - 28.6 days
Surface Temperature - 48*F
Earth Similarity Index - 95%

2. K01-736.01
Distance from Earth - 1389.3
Orbital Speed - 18.8
Surface Temperature - 84*F
Earth similarity Index - 96%

1.K01-494.01
Distance from Earth - 1242
Orbital period - 25.7
Surface Temperature - 57*F
Earth similarity Index - 99%   


Conclusion

So, from decades of research, astronomers can conclude that alien life may exist. Although they may not exist in our galaxy, we can predict that alien life form may exist somewhere else in the universe.



Challenge

What planet do you think was most similar to Earth?
http://www.educatinghumanity.com/2012/03/ten-alien-planets-most-similar-to-earth.html
Click on the link to see some of the top planets that are similar to Earth. Comment your answers down below.
“no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race.” - See more at: http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-you-believe-in-ufos/#sthash.qBLNY8Kx.dpuf
“no evidence that any life exists outside our planet, or that an extraterrestrial presence has contacted or engaged any member of the human race.” - See more at: http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-you-believe-in-ufos/#sthash.qBLNY8Kx.dpuf
In June 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported seeing several “flying saucers” or “flying discs.” Around the same time, the United States military recovered debris from a highly-classified experimental high-altitude surveillance balloon that crashed near Roswell, New Mexico. Despite the military’s explanations, many people believed the “Roswell UFO Incident” involved the crash-landing of an alien spacecraft. - See more at: http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-you-believe-in-ufos/#sthash.qBLNY8Kx.dpuf
In June 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold reported seeing several “flying saucers” or “flying discs.” Around the same time, the United States military recovered debris from a highly-classified experimental high-altitude surveillance balloon that crashed near Roswell, New Mexico. Despite the military’s explanations, many people believed the “Roswell UFO Incident” involved the crash-landing of an alien spacecraft. - See more at: http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/do-you-believe-in-ufos/#sthash.qBLNY8Kx.dpuf