PROBABILITY OF LIFE IN OTHER WORLDS
SYDNEY, Feb, 32. The Astronomer-Royal, Sir Harold Spepeer Jjones, told an audiencf at Sydixey Tjniversify that he thought ther^ waa. a ' dist\nct' p^obabili^y' of life' in oftier y?orlds. He, s^aid/that in our- oyyn solar sysf em ly^ars w^s. the. oniy oth,er planet • o^ ^hi^ ty^e. sfb^tied to b,e. any detiiAtf eyideircq of the. exi?t9nce. of li^e. * Eyfp, there, it yra? not possfbile to say if a highe'r form than plant Mfe, yza.s ppssible, NpYerthples's, our solar system had resulted in' life hpvfeypr diffljbTilt thp problem of its oyigin' might bp. "I ean't myself resist the conelusdon that there must b,e guite, a cousiderablh humber 9f- w:orld§ v^ere all the proper conditions pertam for life to eidst, ' ' Sir Harold said-
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Chronicle (Levin), 24 February 1947, Page 5
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