Any aliens in our galaxy have already annihilated themselves – the victims of too much progress, says a new scientific study.
Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology have assumed that since past studies show that the technological advances of a civilization “will inevitably lead to complete destruction and biological degeneration,” any previous intelligent life in The Milky Way has already committed suicide.
“[I]If smart life destroys itself, it is not surprising that there is little or no smart life elsewhere, “the researchers said in a newspaper published online earlier this month.
Scientists have also theorized that people arrive late to the party because peak conditions for life probably occurred about 8 billion years after the galaxy formed – and we appeared at about 13.5 billion. years after the appearance of the Milky Way, according to the Live Science website.