Will we discover extraterrestrial life

Answer 1

At this moment in time, we don't know. Extraterrestrial beings have been portrayed in many works of Science Fiction. Films, television programs, Video Games, and other media have addressed the subject many times and have done an excellent job in depicting what they might look like and how they might behave. But for actually detecting their presence is very hard to do, especially with our current technology. Astronomers have detected many planets in orbit around other stars outside our solar system. But these planets are very hard to detect since they are so far away and are small in comparison to the stars they orbit. They can only be detectable by the light emitted by their parent stars. So far they have not found any planets which might be capable of supporting life as we know it here on Earth. But that doesn't mean eventually finding them will be impossible. For one thing, they would exist in the same space-time continuum governed by the same natural laws as we do. They might be intelligent as we are or more intelligent or have no intelligence. They might have the same technology as we do, have better technology, or no technology at all. The key to discovering their presence will be to look for other planets with similar or identical conditions to Earth. We should also develop better tools and methods for detecting their existence. In the mean time, we should just keep diligently looking.