Life in the Universe, and Titan's Disappearing 'Island'
Some scientists are studying an island that isn't there, and probably isn't an island. Others have found new ways to look for extraterrestrial life; and discovered a planet that's not where it 'should' be.... ...Alone in the Universe: Or Not " Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. " (Porky Pine, in Walt Kelley's Pogo; via Wikiquote ) I don't think that there is life on other planets. I don't think that there is not life elsewhere in the universe. Right now, we don't know. I'm not going to repeat the mistake made by some European scholars, around the time Thomas Aquinas was writing Summa Theologica . Debate about whether or not other worlds existed had gotten intense, with some scholars claiming that Earth had to be the only world in the universe: because Arist