Ellen Stofan, NASA Chief Scientist, Prediction: Alien Life Will Be Found Within 10 Years

Alien life will be found within the next decade, says NASA Chief Scientist, Ellen Stofan. “I believe we are going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth in the next decade and definitive evidence in the next 10 to 20 years,” Ellen Stofan said at a public panel Tuesday in Washington.

“We know where to look, we know how to look, and in most cases we have the technology,” she said.

“It’s definitely not an if, it’s a when,” said Jeffery Newmark, NASA’s interim director of heliophysics.

“We are not talking about little green men,” Stofan said. “We are talking about little microbes.”

“I think in the next 20 years we will find out we are not alone in the universe,” NASA astronomer Kevin Hand said.

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