What is extraterrestrial life?
Q: What is extraterrestrial life?
A: Extraterrestrial life is life that is not from the planet Earth. It is alien life and refers to the life forms not originating on or from the planet Earth.
Q: Is it possible that there are planets like ours with life?
A: Yes, it is reasonable to say that planets rather like ours exist, and that life might evolve there also. So far none has been found, though it is possible that life once existed on Mars.
Q: Have any searches been made for signals from extraterrestrial life-forms?
A: Yes, searches have been made for signals from extraterrestrial life-forms but so far no signals have been received.
Q: Is this a new idea?
A: No, it is not a new idea as quite a few philosophers have speculated on the existence of other planets like ours with the idea that what happened here could also happen there.
Q: Do we know if many other star systems have exoplanets?
A: Yes, one thing we do know is that many other star systems do have exoplanets.
Q: What does 'Terra' refer to in Latin?
A: The word 'Terra' in Latin refers to our planet - Earth.
