One-Third of Sun-Like Stars Have Earth-Like Planets In Habitable Zone

[LA Ute]

As many of you know, I like stuff like this.

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27198/#.ToHDaGEHeEQ.twitter

The Kepler orbiting observatory is specifically designed to find Earth-like planets around nearby stars.

Earlier this year, the Kepler team released the mission's first 136 days of data and it has turned out to be a veritable jackpot. In that time Kepler looked at some 150,000 target stars and found evidence for 1,235 potential exoplanets. That's quite a haul.

Since then, most of the work on this database has been to identify the characteristics of all these exoplanets. But such a large dataset also allows for statistical analyses too, from which various projections can be made....

[RC Vikings]

As many of you know, I like stuff like this.

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog...GEHeEQ.twitter

1235 may seem like a lot but with all the billions of people who have died I'm not liking my chances about getting my own planet to rule over.

[DU Ute]

1235 may seem like a lot but with all the billions of people who have died I'm not liking my chances about getting my own planet to rule over.

Considering they only looked at 150,000 stars and estimates put the number of stars in the universe at 100,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or more there should be enough to go around.