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Edited by Britton:
6/1/2015 10:16:51 PM
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There are potentially over 8 billion planets capable of life
There is potentially over 8 [b]billion[/b] planets capable of life in [b][i]our galaxy.[/i][/b]
[quote] By extrapolating Kepler’s findings, astronomers have come up with some not-altogether-unfounded estimates for these values. For instance, they concluded that about 22% of Sun-like stars has at least one planet we class as potentially habitable. Doing the math based on the latest estimates for the total number of stars in the Milky Way, that gives us a rough figure of 8.8 billion potentially habitable planets in the Milky Way. That’s a lot of rolls of the dice, assuming you believe life has any chance at all of starting spontaneously. [/quote]
That's just our galaxy people. There's hundreds of billions of galaxies in our universe. That's a lot of potential for life. We're not special snowflakes.
[url=http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/170404-kepler-20-of-sun-like-stars-have-habitable-planets-alien-life-drake-equation-finally-has-a-leg-to-stand-on]source[/url]
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8 RepliesThis was written by my friend. There were once 2 men. One was wise and one was a student. Student: ...so that's a lot of life. Wise: Truly is, my friend. Student: 8.8 billion...one galaxy? Wise: Magnificent, isn't it? Student: Hell yeah! Wise: Don't use those words. Student: Sorry. But...there's something else. Wise: What? Student: Are they're aliens? You never answered. Wise: As I said, I can't answer that. Student: Oh. Wise: But I can answer this. Student: What? Wise: If we can ever go there. Student: Well? Wise: Yes, we may. It is [i]very[/i] possible. Student: How? Wise: Look here, my friend, at history. We invinted the telescope. Then saw the moon up close. Then we saw planets. Named them, one by one. Mercury, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn. Then their moons. Phobos, Titan, and many others. Places thought that we could never go. But then we stepped foot on the moon. Evolved that technology to eventually go to Mars. We did the impossible. In an estimated 5,000,000 years. And we have billons of years left. And we already are going to Mars. Student: I get it now. Wise: Let me continue. Student: Sorry. Wise: We may have to go there. From the sun. Global warming. Nuclear energy. Anything is possible. We may not just want to go there, but [i]need[/i] to. Student: Do you think there are aliens? Wise: I don't make wild guesses. Student: *sighs* Wise: But if there was to be life, it wouldn't be able to understand us. We would need to understand it, most likely. Whether they are less or more evolved than us, they will [i]definately[/i] not be like us. Looks nor communication. Student: Now I'm very curious to go there. Wise: Then let's go.
