This week Fraser Cain discuss about Fermi Paradox. How difficult it would be for aliens traveling at 10% the speed of light to settle the entire Milky Way, and it turns out, it’s not as simple as you might think.
Today’s episode of Astronomy Cast is about another famous physicist: Enrico Fermi. We’ve already taken a look at one of Fermi’s most famous ideas, the Fermi Paradox – or, where are all the aliens? But let’s meet the man behind the ideas, the namesake for the new Fermi mission.
Have we seen Proxima c? Is the dark matter made of black holes? Why is the Fermi Paradox a paradox?
The Fermi Paradox: Given the size and age of the universe there should be extra terrestrial life but how come we can find no sign of it.
We know intelligent life evolved here on Earth. It must be common across the Universe, right? But if there’s life out there, where’s all the life?