SCI: Massive generation gap causes problems for alien contact

AAP General News (Australia)
01-11-2001
SCI: Massive generation gap causes problems for alien contact

By Maria Hawthorne and Jim Baynes

SYDNEY, Jan 11 AAP - A massive generation gap which put Earth almost two billion years
behind similar planets may be the reason extra-terrestrials had not contacted us, Australian
research suggests.

A University of New South Wales astronomer believes Earthlings are simply too young
to attract communication from intelligent life from outer space.

Researcher Dr Charles Lineweaver calculated that Earth-like planets orbiting other
stars would be on average about 1.8 billion years older than …