Are Humans Alone in the Cosmos?

For millennia, theologians and philosophers debated whether extraterrestrial intelligent life (ETI) exists in the universe. Some theologians concluded God enjoys creating so much he would not stop at one planet. Others argue God limits his miracles to those needed to achieve his purposes, which require only one planet with intelligent life. Thanks to exponential advances in observational astrophysics, scientists now are weighing in on the “are we alone in the cosmos” debate. Though far from resolving all the debate’s components, they now are able to provide definitive answers or steps towards definitive answers to several of the theological/philosophical issues. These answers arise from the following research endeavors: (1) search for ETI (SETI) efforts, results, and determined odds; (2) interplanetary panspermia; (3) ETI planetary habitability requirements; (4) ETI stellar habitability requirements; (5) ETI galactic habitability requirements; (6) “hard steps” in the evolution of life from non-life; (7); “hard steps” in ETI evolution from simple life; (8) interstellar space travel and exploration limitations; (9) nature of UAPs lacking natural or human-made explanations; and (10) nature of non-physical reality. The resultant answers increasingly are creating arenas of common agreement plus opening up avenues of dialog among theologians and scientists. This dialog on ‘are we alone in the cosmos’ is shedding additional light on humanity’s role and purposes in the cosmos.