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Milky Way contains on the order of half a trillion star systems. Would having, say, a million planets carrying some form of life in our galaxy alone qualify as
by Koshkin 6y ago
Milky Way contains on the order of half a trillion star systems. Would having, say, a million planets carrying some form of life in our galaxy alone qualify as “rare”?
- JauntTrooper 6y agoWe also know that our solar system has exactly the right conditions needed for life.
- brianberns 6y agoNo, we know that our planet has the right conditions for life. The conditions on Venus are very different.
- addicted 6y agoThat would be rare. I also suspect 1 million is a massive underestimation.
- saberdancer 6y agoTo be fair, I wouldn't consider that rare. When we talk about life, we usually think in terms of are we alone. If there are a million planets with life, life isn't rare, regardless of what percentage of planets have life.