String Theorist Believes Humans Will Make Contact With Other Species In 100 Years

Is there alien life out there? To this day, most probably treat that as fiction and leave it up to storytellers to come up with the most ridiculous scripts. But in reality, some believe that alien life forms do exist. And thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope built by NASA and the ESA that will be launched into orbit soon. Once it is out there, humans may get the chance to take a closer look at different planets and see if there is life in them.

In the eyes of physicist Michio Kaku, there is a chance that humans may make contact with aliens at some point in the next 100 years. But as far as trying to communicate with them, he feels that it is a bad idea, the Guardian reported.

"Soon we’ll have the web [sic] telescope up in orbit and we’ll have thousands of planets to look at, and that’s why I think the chances are quite high that we may make contact with an alien civilization," Kaku stated. "There are some colleagues of mine that believe we should reach out to them. I think that’s a terrible idea."

A reason behind the cautious approach is that Kaku believes that aliens may not entirely be friendly. He points out the case of Montezuma when he met Cortes in Mexico. There is no telling if aliens will be friendly, a reason why he urges everyone that making contact is a breakthrough but should proceed with heavy caution.

The $10 billion telescope is set to be launched in October and opens up a lot of possibilities. Aside from possibly getting a better view of what is happening in planets outside the universe, Northrop Grumman contractor Blake Bullock believes that the giant scope could even act as a time machine of sorts.

"With the Webb, we will be able to see back in time to the earliest objects in the universe for the first time. Also for the first time, we will be able to characterize other planets going around other stars, distant exoplanets, and see if there are oceans, an atmosphere, what chemical elements are there," Bullock stated.

Finally, checking out other planets is a way to find out if there is a chance that humans can live in them. But before all that, the biggest question is are there alien life forms out there and are they friendly?