Scientists say there are 36 alien civilizations we can contact with

Experts say the work they have done not only provides a lot of information on the possibility of life for the Earth but also sheds light on our future and the place we take in the cosmos.

I think it's very important and exciting because for the first time, we have a measure of the number of intelligent, communicative civilizations that we can potentially contact and discover that there is life in the universe. There's been a question without answers for thousands of years,” said Christopher Conselice, professor of astrophysics at Nottingham University, writes The Guardian, Translation Periscope.

In 1961, astronomer Frank Drake proposed what is also known as the Drake Equation, placing seven factors that had to be determined to measure the number of intelligent civilizations in the galaxy.

These factors varied from the average number of stars to the time when a civilization needed to send detectable signals.

Professor Conselice added that, although still speculating theory, he believed that extraterranean life could have similarities with the appearance of life on Earth. We wouldn't be super shocked if we saw them,” he said. /Periscope