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Bill Nelson, the administrator of NASA has stated that he believes in the existence of extraterrestrial life somewhere in the universe. Speaking at the FT’s space summit, he confirmed a long-held belief that other planets in the universe, some of which have similar climate conditions to Earth, may host alien life.
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When asked about whether there is life elsewhere in the solar system, he said: “The short answer to your question is yes.
“The longer answer is look how big the universe is.”
Earlier, he noted that NASA telescopes that are “a million miles from Earth” are receiving an infrared spectrum light that was emitted 13.5 billion years ago.
These rays travelled at the speed of light, at 186,000 miles per second or nearly 300,000,000 meters per second.
Mr Nelson noted that this helps illustrate the gargantuan size of the universe, adding: “We know in the universe, having been created about 13.8 billion years ago, that we have for example in our galaxy, millions if not billions of stars and sun.
“We know in addition in our galaxy, there are millions if not billions of galaxy with millions/billion suns.
“Is there a possibility in a universe that big that conditions like the Earth have been created?
“Of course, there’s a possibility, and there’s something so big that my mind cannot even understand how big that is.
“One thing we are going to do with the space telescope, we have already identified a bunch of planets- exoplanets we call them- that are already revolving around Suns.”
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