Life in outer space

New research has increased the likelihood of finding planets with life.


M81. Image courtesy of NRAO/AUI

An article published in the journal Science today shows that “more than a third of the known systems of giant planets may harbor Earth-like planets”.

Until now one has thought that life was most likely to occur in solar systems like our own, but this research shows that Earth-like planets may be much more common.

Taking into consideration the number of solar systems and galaxies the number of planets with life should be awesome.

This made me think of a post JonBen had earlier this year. Almost everything you see in the photo below is a galaxy.