As soon as people realized what they saw in the sky included other planets they began to wonder if other planets had intelligent life. N number of civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy that are capable of producing signals that we can detect on Earth. The volume considered could be for example the entire Universe or just our Galaxy.
This Math Formula Has Determined the Odds of Aliens Existing.
This doesnt sound particularly applicable to life but thats the beauty of the Drake equation. F p the fraction of those stars that have a planet or planets. The new formula was devised by Sara Seager a professor of planetary science and physics at the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyI contacted her to learn more about the new equation and why. The ultimate goal of NASAs exoplanet program is to find unmistakable signs of current life on a planet beyond Earth.