Scientists have estimated the first cosmic census of planets in our galaxy and the numbers are astronomical: at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way. At least 500 million of those planets are in the not-too-hot, not-too-cold zone where life could exist. The numbers were extrapolated from the early results of NASA's planet-hunting Kepler telescope.Photo ["Milky Way over Switzerland"] from NASA's APOD website.
الثلاثاء، 22 فبراير 2011
50 billion planets in the Milky Way
Billion, not million. And planets, not stars.
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