Science

If the universe is so vast, where is everybody?

In 1950, physicist Enrico Fermi asked a simple lunchtime question: given the number of stars and the age of the galaxy, alien civilizations should have had time to spread everywhere. Yet we have no confirmed evidence of any. The gap between how likely intelligent life seems and how empty the sky looks is now called the Fermi Paradox.

Enrico Fermi (recounted by Eric Jones), Enrico Fermi's 1950 lunchtime remark — Los Alamos memo LA-10311-MS, 1985

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