https://journals.ardascience.com/index.php/bes/issue/feed 2026-04-30T00:00:00+00:00 Benjamin Durakovic bdurakovic@ardascience.com Open Journal Systems <p>ISSN 2744-1636</p> <p>The goal of this journal is to provide knowledge sharing platform without any restriction to researchers, matching into the fields of bioengineering studies. By linking scientific information with industry experience, the generation of additional scientific knowledge is possible. Therefore, we encourage scientists and researches around the world to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. All aspects of bioengineering are welcomed from theoretical concepts to education and applications. Bioengineering studies especially invites young scientists to share their scientific and industrial knowledge, which would eventually have an impact on specific bioengineering processes.</p> <p>The editors will consider papers for publication based on novelty, their immediate or future impact and their contribution to the advancement of bioengineering sciences.</p> https://journals.ardascience.com/index.php/bes/article/view/333 2026-04-03T12:45:53+00:00 Annissa Rachel Van Wieren annissa.vanwieren@sabanciuniv.edu

<p>This paper explores the nature of the universe and its existence as it examines the possibility of life existing beyond Earth. It starts by outlining how the formation of matter is necessary for life, subsequently on how planets, moons, and other celestial bodies could harbor the requirements for life to develop. This study contemplates both the scientific approaches used for exploring extraterrestrial life, such as chemical analyses, telescopic observations, and space missions, and the reasons scientists believe life may exist elsewhere, such as the presence of water, essential molecules, and energy sources. By evaluating current scientific theories, the suggestions of the Fermi Paradox and expedition efforts, this study underlines both the possibility and the uncertainty of finding life outside our planet. While Earth seems to be the only acknowledged planet to sustain life, the immensity and age of the universe raise the possibility that life may have emerged either on Earth or elsewhere. In addition, this paper describes philosophical and scientific implications of humanity potentially being one of the first, or only advanced civilizations in the universe, raising questions about our existence in cosmic history and in the future, and how we may be exceptionally rare as an intelligent life form.</p>

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