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🛸 What is the Fermi Paradox?

The Fermi Paradox is a big space question:

If space is so big, where is everybody?

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🌍 Why do scientists ask this?

• The universe has billions of galaxies
• Each galaxy has billions of stars
• Many stars have planets
• Some planets may be like Earth

👉 So scientists think alien life should exist somewhere.

But…

👀 We haven’t seen or heard any aliens yet!

That is the paradox (a puzzle).

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🧠 What does “paradox” mean?

A paradox is when something doesn’t make sense at first.

Like saying:

“There are lots of fish in the ocean, but I don’t see any right now.”

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👨‍🚀 Who asked this question?

A scientist named Enrico Fermi asked:

“Where is everybody?”

That question became the Fermi Paradox.

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🤔 Simple ideas to explain it (kid-friendly)

⭐ Idea 1: Aliens are very far away

Space is huge, and aliens may be too far for us to see or talk to.

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🕵️ Idea 2: Aliens are hiding

Maybe aliens don’t want to be seen, just like we hide in a game of hide-and-seek.

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⏰ Idea 3: Wrong time

Aliens might have lived long ago or will live in the future, but not now.

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🧪 Idea 4: Life is very rare

Life might be hard to make, so Earth could be special.

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📡 Idea 5: We don’t know how to listen yet

Aliens may be sending messages in ways we don’t understand.

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🌟 Easy way to remember

Space is very big
Life might be out there
But we haven’t found it yet

That mystery is the Fermi Paradox!

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