Question: Are there Intelligent Beings in the Universe?

Yes there are millions of races  of  intelligent  beings  scattered  across  the
universe!!  Are  they  coming  to Earth as  everyone seems to think?  NO WAY! It
never ceases to amaze me how little thought people give to what is  involved  in
beings  traveling  from  even  a  nearby  star to visit Earth.  First of all the
distance involved would be several light years, which would of course be costing
someone money!

For  those  of  you that do not know, a "Light Year" is approximately 6 trillion
miles, and is the distance traveled by light in one year.  The speed of light is
186,200  MILES PER SECOND!!! That is what I call blazing speed.  Let me give you
an example of that speed.  We all know the sun is 93 million  miles  from  Earth
(on  average)  and  it only takes sunlight about 8.3 minutes to reach earth.  No
Earth spacecraft with Humans aboard has ever exceeded 50,000 miles per Hour.

For example lets assume that our visitors are coming from the  closest  Star  to
Earth  "Proxima  Centauri" located in the Alpha Centauri System a mere 4.3 light
years from Earth.  Even if we assume the aliens have  achieved  light  speed  or
near  light  speed  it would still take them 4.3 YEARS just to reach Earth!! The
return trip would take the same amount of time of course.   These  simple  facts
make  it  quite  clear  that  NO  race  of  beings  is going to be flying by for
earthlings to photograph!!! They are expending their planets resources and their
time  and  money  just  like  we  have  to  do to explore space for knowledge or
Conquest!   (See the Proxima Centauri picture below)

Remember when Queen Isabella financed Chris Columbus on his quest  for  the  new
world?    Did  she say "now Chris just sail by and let them photograph you, then
kidnap a few of them" or did she expect gold and spices in return???  When  they
get  here  you  will  not  have  to  guess or look for them.  You will either be
greeted as a friend or be working in the Salt Mines!!! Lucky for  Earth  we  are
evidently in a quiet out of the way sector of the Milky Way Galaxy for now!!

May the Force be with you my Earthling Friends.  Live Long and Prosper!   May HE
whom the winds fear Light your path and Guide your steps as  you journey through
this life.

			 Written by: The Galactic Sage

Picture Credit: NASA and ESA

		Text from Hubble Space Telescope Site

Shining brightly  in this  Hubble Space Telescope  image  is our closest stellar
neighbor: Proxima Centauri.

Proxima Centauri lies in the constellation of Centaurus (the Centaur), just over
four light years from Earth. Although it looks bright through the eye of Hubble,
as you might expect from the nearest star to  the solar system, Proxima Centauri
is not visible to the naked eye.  Its average luminosity is very low, and  it is
quite small compared to other stars, at only about  an eighth of the mass of our
Sun.

However, on occasion, its brightness increases. Proxima  is  what  is known as a 
"flare star," meaning that convection processes  within the star's  body make it
prone to random and dramatic changes in brightness. The convection processes not
only trigger  brilliant bursts  of  starlight but, combined  with other factors, 
mean that Proxima Centauri is in for  a very long life. Astronomers predict that
this star  will  remain  middle-aged — or a "main sequence" star in astronomical 
terms — for another four trillion years, some 300 times  the age of  the current
universe.

These observations were  taken using Hubble's Wide Field and  Planetary Camera 2
(WFPC2).   Proxima Centauri  is actually part of a  triple star system — its two
companions, Alpha Centauri A and B, lie out of frame.

Although by cosmic standards  it is a close neighbor, Proxima Centauri remains a
point-like object  even  using Hubble's  eagle-eyed vision, hinting  at the vast
scale of the universe around us.

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