extraterrestrial

Speculation, theory, UFOs and Aliens. Are we alone in this universe or is there life outside Earth?

A.I.den
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Said. Everything is in the past tense for me now. Even if I’m not dead, I’m not alive enough to confirm or deny the above statement. Besides, “body” in “nobody” can't hear anything on its own since specific bio-neurological mechanisms are involved in functions of hearing, understanding, and interpreting the external information. Without this complex mesh of inter-related tools and systems, the body alone is useless.
By Olga Gabris3 years ago in Futurism
The Eyes of Eternity
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Not that I’ve ever had the joy of trying, for I’ve never— not for the last million years— heard a scream within atmospheric bounds either. For my fellow lifelings and I stopped screaming years ago, for screams are a sign of fear, and fear was eradicated back in far distant millennia. Fear was the first of all feelings, established in our primeval minds upon some primordial stone, and therefore first to go. But tears remained, and flourished. So yes, I have heard men cry, in that void of infinite expanse, swept with agony and despondence at the loneliness of such an empty spread of time.
By liell3 years ago in Futurism
The Curse of Immortality
How did I get here? Somewhere in a seemingly infinite dark void of what use to be space. I asked for this; I wanted this. Or at least I thought I did. But just like my first time volunteering for combat, I had no idea what I was in for. I thought about it constantly for the decade the process was underway. I thought I understood the risks, I thought I understood the concept of time. Years of injections to prepare my body for the procedure. All the warnings of different scenarios, like being trapped at the bottom of the ocean for eternity. Well, that is ridiculous because no ocean is eternal. But I should have headed the warning a little more cautiously.
By Jeffrey Myles3 years ago in Futurism
Inhuman
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. That is why they had built the Human Abattoir Space Station, HASS. The five kilometre wide rotating disc of titanium, Kevlar and high grade steel, orbiting the earth. At the focus of the disc was the singularity, which was encased in the gravitational suppressor, a five hundred metre deep layer of Osmium. The Osmium reduced the strength of the singularity’s gravitational pull to close to that of Earth’s. The Osmium allowed the residents to ambulate the perimeter of the disc and maintain their muscularity, rather that atrophying in zero gravity. The residents speculated on the origin of the singularity, its purpose, and what would happen if you ever approached it. Many fantasised that it connected their universe to one that housed the so called ‘New Moon’ - a planet habitable to humans, teaming with plant-life unscoured by the evil of man. James was under no illusion that the singularity would atomise you before you got the chance to even perceive it. Despite the complex engineering of the osmium layer, the remainder of the living quarters, or cells, were rudimentary at best. The cells were a tessalation of hexagons, two metres wide, with a single mattress, sink and toilet. The tessalate housed over one-hundred-thousand residents. The female and male cells were separated by a militarised zone. There was a training field one hundred metres wide, where the residents spent the entirety of their free time. The slaughter-room’s location was unknown, but its existence definite. The screams were a constant reminder of that. The men knew the date that they would walk to the slaughter-room - on their eighteenth birthday. For women it would be after their third child.
By SHP3 years ago in Futurism
When Time Runs Out CH2
So, tell me: Why is it when you are put into a worst-case scenario, rock bottom is still two or three feet below that. Yet still, manages to come and bite you. Being face to face with this creature, gave me enough to question if the bottom had been hit yet.
By Jessica Gray3 years ago in Futurism
NOPE : SUMMER FILM of 2022
NOPE, the horror/Sci-fi film directed by Jordan Peele also known for, outstanding projects such as 'GET OUT' & 'US', starring world class black actors like Keke Palmer & Daniel Kaluuya.
By TheKorner 3 years ago in Futurism
Blight
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. No, wait – the exact phrasing on the Alien poster cheekily displayed in the Exobiology Lab was, “In space no one can hear you scream”. Which of course is highly contextual, since you obviously needed air to be able to scream, and anyone sharing your airspace would hear that scream. Then there were electronic communications systems. In this case, the communications system that had broadcast Hannah Sudha’s scream to the dozens of crewmembers in the Lander Command Module and hundreds more watching from the ship orbiting above. All of this tumbled through her mind in a wave of mortification.
By Gina King4 years ago in Futurism
Section X
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. If anyone could hear anything I was doing right now, it would be a gift. My eyelids keep drifting shut as the blood running down the side of my face begins to slow. I think I have a concussion. I wasn’t this sleepy until I was wacked from behind. My Del4 Comm which lets me communicate with people who have the same model, wherever they might be, is missing. More likely that whoever bashed my head against the wall took it, which sucks. It’s the only way that I can reach my parents or anyone else on NorthStarDelta, a space station that floats about few million miles from Mars.
By Bryan Chimney4 years ago in Futurism
Blue Shadows
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Sound had to have air to travel, that was the science behind it. However Louise felt a chill run through her while she was on her walk. She couldn’t tell if it was a true scream or just her imagination. She had just watched an old horror film recently. She looked out the vast windows at the small blue sphere that lay beyond the horizon. The Earth was setting and she would have to return to her family’s cabin soon. All of the lunar colonies had been originally inhabited by single scientists and astronauts here for research so that eventually more Earth born dwellers could join. The Selene colony was first, designed for testing how to mimic the atmospheric conditions of Earth while still maintaining the level of gravity the moon did. Jericho was the colony that tested the long term effect of life in a lessened gravity environment. Such things as whether or not children would survive in the colony, or if they could even be conceived. There were huge ethical hoops to jump through as part of that establishment, which made it one of the last colonies to be tested. Once it was determined after years of research and volunteer missions, the moon was deemed fit for human habitation.
By Jenny N4 years ago in Futurism
Spaces Between
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. As luck pervaded, it was 4:44 in the morning, on a dark and rainy night somewhere in Edinburgh. Yet another Magnificent echo of a city, buried in absolute stoned plasma and mud, immaculate. Yet another scene of horror. Was it 1894 or 4044 A.R (After Reset)? The thought didn’t resonate anymore. Nor did it matter. None remembered the ‘when’, or the ‘how’. All left were remnants of a muddied social control, or seekers of vengeance through fire and flood.
By Sam Vela4 years ago in Futurism
A Universe Within A Universe
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I know better though. 13 years, 2 months, and 21 days ago, I watched helplessly, as my mother got sucked into the endless abyss of a blackhole. The blackhole appeared, and in a nano-second she was gone. The life-shattering, universe vacuum disappeared within a couple seconds, but I could hear my mother's cries for help for almost a minute afterward. It sounded like she was still by my side at first, then slowly fading away into nothing.
By Christina Shisler4 years ago in Futurism
Musculus Misadventures
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. I tried to push the stupid thought out of my mind. Now was not the time for all the trivial blasts of information my mind was so used to spewing. A brief image of my mother fluttered through my mind before I forced myself to open my eyes. They closed again involuntarily as the sound came through my com.link. Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space… Or so they say. They were probably ignorant of the fact that we have com.links built into our suits. His scream was truly deafening.
By Eric Evans4 years ago in Futurism