Are We Alone?
Aperture19 Aug 2022

Are We Alone?

The James Webb Telescope showed us something staggering. The universe is far bigger than we thought. And it's full of worlds we've never seen before.

Billions of galaxies. Each containing billions of stars. Each star potentially surrounded by planets. The numbers are so large they stop making sense. And the James Webb Telescope is revealing new ones every single day.

So here's the question that refuses to go away. With all of that out there, how is it possible that we're alone?

The math says we shouldn't be. The sheer number of planets in habitable zones, orbiting stable stars, in just the observable universe makes the idea of Earth being the only one with life feel almost absurd. And yet, we've found nothing. No signal. No contact. No proof that anyone else is out there.

That silence has a name. The Fermi Paradox. And the possible explanations for it range from fascinating to deeply unsettling.

This episode looks at what the James Webb Telescope has revealed about the depth of our universe, why the search for extraterrestrial life has never been more promising, and why the absence of an answer might be the most terrifying answer of all.

🎧 After this episode, the night sky will never look the same.

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