Recently, astronomers were able to map about 1 billion stars around us. Sounds impressive, but that’s less than 1% of the total stars in the Milky Way. So it’s statistically impossible for us to be the first intelligent species in the galaxy! But if there absolutely should be developed civilizations in the Universe, then where is everybody?

We’ve been looking for about 70 years for any sign of extraterrestrial life, or any communication from little green men or whatever they are. And we still have absolutely nothing to show for it. How is this possible? That exact question was once asked by famous Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, the creator of the first ever nuclear reactor.

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