Do you think dead stars do exist?
534669
After a star dies, there is still some residual heat left over. That heat makes the star (white dwarf or neutron star) glow, even though it is not producing any energy. Eventually, the star cools off and does indeed simply become a hunk of ash, which we call a "black dwarf." \n\npeace
1116091
Right now, Farlack of the Geltrans on Planet Flibbering, orbiting the Dog star of Mecaea is asking the same thing of his peers on their version of the internet.\n\nBut seriously... all those stars... billions of them are all suns.  If only half of them have a few planets revolving around them, one of them has to have life on it.
77735
Some stars might have a solar system, but not all do.  Some stars are actually two "suns" orbiting around one another (called a binary star) but appearing to the unaided eye as a single star.  Some are even three stars together, such as alpha centauri, which is the closest "star" in the sky--though it is actually three stars that look like one.  Some are stellar clusters, where many of these "suns" are all bunched close enough to appear as one star.  Some are entire galaxies, with billions of stars, but so far away that they appear to be a single star from earth.  Some are stellar clusters, where many of these "suns" are all bunched close enough to appear as one star.\n\nSome things you might think are stars are actually planets.\n\nSome are dead "suns," where the fuel for the nuclear fusion that makes the sun burn has all been expended, leaving a big mass of iron, that glows white-hot for many years before turning dark.  If you look at these so-called "white dwarves" through a powerful telescope, you can see a faint ring of matter that has been blown away in the explosion that came when the star died.  Some stars are huge, and some are small.\n\nSome of the stars we have been able to see have solar systems of their own, which we detect by the slight wobble caused by the gravitational pull of the planet (or planets) as it orbits.
267002
Yes, I believe in intelligence outside of our own shallow planet. As for UFOs I can say they are real..I have seen many objects both day and night, for all my life. I believe.
574606
do you see dead people?
547669
The mere thought that life ONLY exists on Earth and nowhere is ridiculous!!!! For every star you can see in the night sky, there is a distinct possibility for planets and intelligent life.....why else would they be there?
1055957
This is such a great question, I don't think they do exist though. They're probably just an amalgam of a hundred random faces you see in a day.
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It's very possible, and has been speculated by many scientists.  But the biggest negative arguement is: "Where did the first enormous star originate?"\n\nThis, however, could be the result of extremely concentrated mass, with no where to go but together.
236672
it's a hard question to answer, cuz same as you can't be certain they don't, you really can't know for sure if they do !! Although I can't say they exist ... i don't really see it impossible ... they "might" exist ;)
1101386
No.  Sadly they are quite dead.
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Are you including the stars that are being created, as well as those that do not actually exist anymore but have died out/ supernova'd/ etc. that we are just still seeing since the light has to travel so far?  \n\nI would be interested in how you determined this number ^_^
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Surely it's impossible to travel BEYOND the stars. Given that our universe is infinite, as we know it, and that the nearest star to us is too far for us to travel to now, I cannot forsee anyone EVER travelling TO a star, let alone BEYOND the stars.\n\nThat said, I do believe that there is other intelligent life out there. We would be arrogant to believe otherwise!
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It's a cycle of death and rebirth. A star will eventually go supernova, explode, and create stardust. These elements condense over millions of years to form a new star and new planets. This simple fact leads many scientists to the conclusion that a higher being must exist since it seems so neat and convenient to be just random chance. It seems like too useful a cycle, in other words. Like it was designed as such.
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Ofcourse.  Its not like they are dead.
442348
Do they really exist, Maybe you can stop by the set of Lost and ask Hurley if he could spare one!!!
624025
Yes (personal judgment)\n\nwith the size of the universe as it is, it would be ignorant and elf-centered to say no. Especially since the sun is a mediocre star and the earth is a mediocre planet even in our system... Now, practically...\n\n-- Astronomers found planets by other stars, but not the size of Earth (too small for what we can detect now)\n-- the next star over is about 5 light years away? (not sure) so even if we travel at 99.999...% of light speed (as we are not massless) it would take ten years and trillions of trillions of dollars/Euro/tugrics, whatever you like. That is even if that star can support life.\n-- no reason to assume that there is multicellular life anywhere close, and if there is no reason to assume they are more advanced.\n-- Popular Science actually had an article last month on a non-DNA based "unicellular" primitive life that could have entered Earth on a small meteor. This is an idea scientists have been toying around with for a while. From my highchair it is possible, but I really don't know enough to say how probabble, afterall the space is mighty cold and the entery of our atmosphere mighty hot. Some say new viruses (which are not alive as virus is not a living entety) enter Earth in that way... that is doubtful since the DNA can't stand more than 50 degrees and the virus shell denatures at 42 (all in Celsius)\n\nI think there is life elsewhere but we will never see it... \n\nIf you have any more info or comments or just want to chat on this subject email me, I like interesting conversations.
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There are _trillions_ of stars in the Universe.  Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is composed of 300 - 400 billion stars.  There are _billions_ of galaxies in the Universe, many dwarfing the size of ours.\n\nThe chance of other life _not_ being out there is so close to zero that it can't even be calculated.  There are infinite possibilities in this Universe, and we haven't begun to study more than a tiny bit of them.\n\nTo anybody that has the audacity to say "no" there isn't, then get an ego check.  We aren't the only intelligent life in a Universe of infinite possibilities.