100 Million Planets in our Galaxy May Harbor Complex Life

[knocker]

The number of planets on which complex life could exist in the Milky Way may be as high as 100 million, according to a study published this week by two former University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) professors and their colleagues in the on-line journal, Challenges.

“This constitutes the first quantitative estimate of the number of worlds in our galaxy that could harbor life above the microbial level, based on objective data,†according to the lead author of the peer-reviewed study, Dr. Louis Irwin, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of Biological Sciences at UTEP.

 

http://phl.upr.edu/press-releases/100millionplanetsinourgalaxymayharborcomplexlife

[summer blizzard]

Aye, the universe is really rather brilliant.

[Snowyowl9]

Much more advanced than us too.