23 Aug '16 16:02>
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-life-earth-early-cosmic-terms.html
This work says possibly because we are the first or near the first which would explain everything and we won't find anyone because we are the first one to get techie in our galaxy.
I imagine we would probably not be first but the gist of this work is in the past there was much less chance for life developing and in the future there is much more likelihood of life developing because of the availability of the stuff of life, more carbon, phosphorous, sulfur and the like.
This work says possibly because we are the first or near the first which would explain everything and we won't find anyone because we are the first one to get techie in our galaxy.
I imagine we would probably not be first but the gist of this work is in the past there was much less chance for life developing and in the future there is much more likelihood of life developing because of the availability of the stuff of life, more carbon, phosphorous, sulfur and the like.