• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
NASA astronaut explains why he think aliens have never visited Earth

Home> Technology

Published 12:30 1 Sep 2022 GMT+1

NASA astronaut explains why he think aliens have never visited Earth

NASA astronaut Stan Love believes extraterrestrial life exists, but doesn't think aliens have visited Earth

Jess Hardiman

Jess Hardiman

A NASA astronaut who believes life in outer space is ‘very likely’ has explained why he thinks aliens have never visited Earth. 

Stan Love, 57, is an astronaut and scientist from Oregon who joined NASA in 1998 – heading off on his first spaceflight 10 years later with the crew of STS-122 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis. 

Having experienced much more of the cosmos than other mere mortals, Love has had plenty of time to reflect on the big questions about just what is out there – saying he thinks alien lifeforms are highly probable. 

Stan Love.
NASA Photo/Alamy Stock Photo

Advert

Speaking to The Sun, he said: "Life out in space is very likely. The Earth had bacterial life basically as soon as it possibly could have. 

"As soon as the surface was cool enough for liquid water to form. So 3.5 to 3.7 billion years ago. But for 3.2 billion years of that it was green slime in the oceans and it was not little green men in flying saucers.” 

However, Love said he wasn’t convinced that aliens had visited Earth, claiming their spacecraft would likely burn part of the planet as it flew off – leaving quite a clear trace of their trip.

Saying the situation is probably a far cry from the sci-fi tropes we've become accustomed to, he continued: "I am strongly sceptical of the idea that intelligent life is coming here and mutilating cattle and, you know, teasing people out on the roads if you’ve read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 

Advert

Love believes alien life is very likely, but doesn't think they've visited us.
ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Stock Photo

"Yeah, no. The amount of energy it takes to travel between the stars, within the laws of physics as we know them, and we’ve been exploring those laws very thoroughly and haven’t found many holes lately, is something like 100,000 times the annual energy consumption of the planet Earth." 

Love added: "Ask anyone from the Middle East, energy is wealth. So, at the time when the Earth is 100,000 times wealthier than it is now, we might be ready to send the mission to another star. 

"And, if you are going to expand that kind of energy. No matter how much power you wield, you’re not going to mess with cows when you get there. I’m highly sceptical. 

Advert

"Show me the evidence and I’ll believe it." 

If you have a story you want to tell, send it to UNILAD via [email protected] 

Featured Image Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / NASA Photo / Alamy Stock Photo

Topics: Aliens, NASA, Space, Science

Jess Hardiman
Jess Hardiman

Jess is Entertainment Desk Lead at LADbible Group. She graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Film Studies, English Language and Linguistics. You can contact Jess at [email protected].

X

@Jess_Hardiman

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

3 hours ago
a day ago
2 days ago
  • 3 hours ago

    People are only just realizing what the 'G' stands for in 5G and it's not what you might think

    5G is used by over 1.5 billion every day, but what does the 'G' actually stand for?

    Technology
  • a day ago

    NASA explains stunning Earth phenomenon captured from ISS that looks like something from a movie

    ISS astronaut Nichole Ayers shared the incredible moment on Twitter

    Technology
  • a day ago

    Scientists make ground breaking discovery on new organism that gives a new perspective of life

    Experts accidentally came across the microbe while researching marine life

    Technology
  • 2 days ago

    Scientist issues warning the shortest day in history will happen in weeks as Earth's rotation is speeding up

    Graham Jones, an astrophysicist at the University of London, predicted when it will shorten our days

    Technology
  • NASA explains stunning Earth phenomenon captured from ISS that looks like something from a movie
  • NASA Voyager reaches the edge of our solar system and makes unprecedented discovery that humans will never be able to see
  • NASA telescope made terrifying planet discovery where it rains glass at 4,300 miles per hour
  • NASA astronaut thinks he knows why aliens have never visited Earth