4.5 billion planets in the Milky Way
Extra-terrestrial life may be just around the corner from Earth, in astronomical terms, on one of possibly habitable 4.5 billion planets in the Milky Way, according to a new research.Stars called red dwarfs may support planets on which life is possible. Six percent of red dwarfs in the galaxy have Earth-sized planets, which could be habitable, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have estimated.
Red dwarf are the most common stars in the Milky Way, which means that the closest earth like planet could be just 13 light years away, not far in space terms.
Red dwarfs are smaller, cooler and fainter than our Sun and are not visible from Earth to the naked eye.But despite their relative dimness, they make up three out of every four stars in our galaxy, a total of 75 billion.
“We thought we would have to search vast distances to find an earth-like planet. Now we realize another Earth is probably in our own backyard, waiting to be spotted,” said Courtney Dressing, an astronomer who presented the finding at a press conference Wednesday at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center in Massachusetts.
An image of the Milky Way's Galactic Center in the night sky above Paranal Observatory
Comments (18)
And we dont know yet if they r watching us or not.may be we r on the live show for them such as Big Brother shows.
Guys!
I will not go anywhere from here!
Perish here.
We Are Not Alone. (from the x-files)
Glory to God! We're staying.
I apreciate your
Knowlege.
I disagree with Leos 100% as the method used to calculate ET life is The Drake Equation
If maths is boring to look at so here is a fun toy.
I hope and am on the side of the argument of the yes Campaign.
But am also of the persuasion that it will either be far more advanced as to have little to do with us. or not advanced enough to care if we do.
Cool blog Boban