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HUMANITY will discover evidence of intelligent alien life in the universe in the next few decades, according to one top scientist.

Speaking to The Sun, Armenian astrophysicist Dr Garik Israelian, 57, said he expected experts to find brainy extraterrestrials within his lifetime.

On top of that, the stargazer and friend of Queen guitarist Brian May thinks we’ll detect alien microbes – possibly on Mars – within the next decade.

The shock discoveries would shake humanity to its very core, and force us to rethink how we look at our place in the universe, he said.

“I think we will discover intelligent life in our lifetime,” Dr Israelian told The Sun.

“At least, we will find clear signatures [evidence of life] that have come from intelligent life. It’s the kind of discovery that will shake humanity.”

He added: “It would be quite interesting for science, but I think it would make us realise ‘life is such an incredible thing, we’d better take care of what we’re doing on our own planet’.”

Dr Israelian boasts decades of experience in the field of astrophysics and has published more than 500 scientific papers on black holes, neutron stars and more.

The famed space-master helped rocker May, an astrophysicist himself, complete his PhD and the pair have since set up a science festival together.

Dr Israelian spoke to The Sun following last week’s launch of the Perseverance Mars rover.

The $2.1billion (£1.6billion) machine will land on the Martian surface in February and dig up hunks of soil and rock in search of alien microbes.

Many top scientists believe Mars was home to tiny microbes billions of years ago. Some think the Red Planet may still host life today.

Perseverance has a chance of finding evidence of aliens, though the odds are stacked against it, Dr Israelian told The Sun.

“Perseverance has a 10 per cent chance of finding microbes on Mars,” the Institute of Astrophysics of Canary Islands researcher said.

“This is purely speculative. But it’s a good number, really.”

Should scientists make the shock discovery, humanity would be a step closer to colonising the Red Planet, Dr Israelian said.

Some experts, as well as billionaire SpaceX boss Elon Musk, believe we could make Mars habitable by changing its atmosphere.

Some suggest we release gases on the dusty planet to create a greenhouse effect, while others – including Musk – suggest we nuke the planet as part of a process called “terraforming”.

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