The Fermi paradox is the discrepancy between the lack of conclusive evidence of advanced extraterrestrial life and the apparently high likelihood of its existence. [1][2][3]

Dec 6, 2025 · The Fermi paradox emerged from a conversation between physicists Enrico Fermi, Edward Teller, Emil Konopinski, and Herbert York at Los Alamos in the summer of 1950 about …

Apr 4, 2025 · Discover the Fermi Paradox — why, in a vast universe full of stars and planets, haven't we found extraterrestrial life? Explore the theories behind this great mystery.

Nov 14, 2023 · The paradox takes its name for Enrico Fermi, an Italian-American physicist. The story goes that, during a casual lunch conversation in 1950, Fermi questioned why, despite the …

Dec 5, 2021 · The Fermi Paradox refers to the dichotomy between the high probability that extraterrestrial intelligence exists and the fact that we have no evidence for such aliens.

Jun 30, 2025 · The Fermi Paradox presents a stark and unsettling silence in a cosmos that should be full of life. The speculative solutions to this puzzle span the full range of scientific and …

May 6, 2025 · The Fermi Paradox forces us to grapple with the enormity of cosmic time and to recognize how brief our own existence has been. Our moment of awareness may be fleeting, …

Oct 16, 2025 · Named after physicist Enrico Fermi, who famously asked, “Where is everybody?” the paradox raises the question of why we have not yet detected any signs of intelligent alien …

Fermi's Paradox (i.e. Where are They?): The story goes that, one day back on the 1940's, a group of atomic scientists, including the famous Enrico Fermi, were sitting around talking, when the …

Jan 13, 2025 · In this video, theoretical cosmologist Dr. Paul Sutter and Museum of Science Planetarium educator Talia Sepersky discuss the Fermi paradox - the question of, if alien life …