article_snippet.sent: Aliens are often portrayed as diminutive beings, but in ‘reality’
article_snippet.sent: Aliens could be much larger and heavier than science fiction films suggest.
article_snippet.sent: Aliens (illustrated with a stock image) are often portrayed as diminutive beings, but in ‘reality’
article_snippet.sent: Aliens (illustrated with a stock image) could be much larger, one scientist claims.
article_snippet.sent: he claims that just as it is on Earth, there are probably more small animals than larger ones in the universe, but that the larger a planet or biosphere the more likely it is to have evolved an intelligent species.
article_snippet.sent: Study claims aliens are larger than those portrayed in sci-fi (stock image).
article_snippet.sent: Seth Shostak, a researcher at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, added that it is not the first time scientists have suggested that aliens may be large, because big animals tend to live longer.
article_snippet.sent: While the research has been described as interesting by Dr Shostak, the research has been described as interesting by Dr Shostak said ‘there’s no concrete data to work with’ and that Earth is being used as a model to predict what life looks like elsewhere in the universe – but aliens may be completely different.
highlights_snippet.sent: Larger aliens are more likely to live long enough to make advanced tech .
  