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The Fermi Paradox addresses the question of why, despite the presence of billions of stars and planets in the universe or even just within the Milky Way Galaxy, no evidence of extraterrestrial intelligent life has ever been observed. The paradox was brought to the attention of the scientific community in 1950 when physicist Enrico Fermi posed the question “Where is everybody?” during a lunch with his colleagues. Fermi argued that, given the size of the galaxy its age and the relatively short tim

The Fermi Paradox refers to the scientific and philosophical contradiction that arises from the fact that, given the existence of billions of galaxies and trillions of star systems within them, intelligent life should be widespread, yet no evidence, communication, or observational signature of such life has ever been detected. The paradox is named after Enrico Fermi, one of the leading theoretical physicists of the 20th century. In 1950, during an informal lunch at the Los Alamos National Labora