Close encounter with aliens possible this century
We have been hearing so much about aliens that a close encounter may well be possible this century, says a leading scientist urging governments to be prepared for the eventuality. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, physicist and Oxford University professor, told the Euroscience Open Forum conference in Dublin, “I do suspect we are going to get signs of life elsewhere, maybe even intelligent life, within the next century.” Burnell said we are most likely to find alien life where we find rocky planets with carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmospheres. However, she said that even if we do find signs of alien life, it is likely to take decades to talk to them from Earth via radio or lasers, the Daily Mail reports. The poll of more than 2,000 men and women for the Royal Society found that 44 percent are of the opinion extra-terrestrial life exists and more than a third of those questioned said we should be actively searching and trying to make contact with ET.
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