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Are We Alone In The Universe? By Dave Sargent 1) Are we alone in the universe? 2) Does the discovery of exoplanets open the door for other life forms in the universe? 3) Does the Bible talk about these two topics? RTB lists hundreds of fine-tuned characteristics that need to be just right to have life, any life, on a planet in our universe. Conclusion, it is a miracle that there is life on Earth. Thus we are alone in the universe. Do you need to learn all of characteristics on RTB’s fine-tuned list to communicate this? No. I have found three characteristics that eliminate all life in the Milky Way and universe, other than earth. 1) Life requires a very stable burning star (sun). To date astronomers have cataloged about 2,500,000 stars. To date not one of the 2,500,000 stars studied are like our sun, a very stable G2V that is 4.7Gyr old. Our sun is the most stable burning object in Milky Way galaxy with a very low .1% variance (over 11 years span), so small it has no impact on Earth's climate. The search for a very stable burning star like our sun is called a solar twin. An identical solar twin has yet to be found, closest is stars with about 3% variance. The Milky Way galaxy is about 100,000 light years across. So a Milky Way galaxy identical solar twin in theory could support life. Without a solar twin any planet in the water “habitable zone” would have all surface water turn to steam one year and solid ice in another. 2) If a identical solar twin were to be found, its planet would need to be in the water “habitable zone” and have a near circular orbit. To date all exoplanets found have very elliptical orbits, thus all water is steam in the summer and solid ice in winter. 3) How about life in another galaxy? Millions of other galaxies have been photographed and studied, yet not one has been found that can support life. A very stable bar spiral galaxy is needed for life. To date only the Milky Way galaxy has a stable bar spiral galaxy. To be a very stable bar galaxy there must be continuous new star formation, but not too much star formation. Stable bar spiral galaxy provides: elements for rock planets, low radiation levels and a place for near near circular planet orbits. With just these three characteristics, the universe and our Milky Way are inhospitable to life other than Earth. Note, that water “habitable,” as currently defined, really has no connection with Earth’s abundant capacity to support a diverse array of life. Earth is unique in its ability have life. The phrase water “habitable zone” means the planet has water for just a very short period of time. The Bible is completely silent on the topic of other life in the universe. So the topic has no theological impact. (A few claim there are references to aliens in the Bible, but it is stretch.) The anthropic principle states that the complete universe appears "designed" for the sake of human life. More than a century of astronomy and physics research has yielded this unexpected observation: the emergence of humans and human civilization requires physical constants, laws, and properties that fall within very narrow ranges—and this truth applies not only to the universe, but also to the galaxy, planetary system, and planet Earth. To state the principle more dramatically, a preponderance of physical evidence points to humanity as the central reason for the design and history of the universe. (Note: Some that do not like the anthropic principle, have spun it to have a different meaning. Some that understand the anthropic principle came up with the multiverse theory a short time ago, as a way dismiss the impact of the anthropic principle (there is no evidence for the multiverse theory). Ref: http://www.reasons.org/articles/fine-tuning-for-life-on-earth-june-2004 http://www.reasons.org/articles/probability-for-life-on-earth http://www.reasons.org/articles/3-ways-planet-earth-stands-out http://www.reasons.org/articles/How-Earth-Has-Avoided-an-Iceball-Catastrophe http://www.reasons.org/articles/can-science-identify-the-intelligent-designer http://www.reasons.org/articles/your-galaxys-diet-is-important-for-your-health (Milky Way is unique) http://www.reasons.org/articles/anthropic-principle-a-precise-plan-for-humanity http://www.reasons.org/articles/weird-life-is-ammonia-based-life-possible http://www.reasons.org/articles/our-only-hope-a-new-search-for-extraterrestrial-intelligent-life http://www.reasons.org/blogs/todays-new-reason-to-believe/electric-wind-becomes-9th-habitable-zone Rare Earth by Peter Ward and Donald E. Brownlee