Are We Really Alone?

With all the ways scientists look at space, what are the odds of finding life?

Photo by Yong Chuan on Unsplash

The sky seems so vast, and space beyond it. You leave the city, head out to the country, and discover the blanket of stars. You see the Hubble Deep Field, an image of a seemingly empty spot of sky, revealed to be full of galaxies, clustered like jewels. There’s a Hubble eXtreme Deep Field, too…