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A Third of Sun-Like Stars May Have Warm Earth Analogs

Posted by timothy on from the where-do-you-think-the-off-world-colonies-are? dept.

The Bad Astronomer writes "An astronomer studying data from the first 136 days of the Kepler observatory missions has calculated that as many as 34% of all Sun-like stars (abstract) may have Earth-sized planets orbiting in their habitable zones, where conditions are right for life as we know it. I have some reservations with his numbers, but they do match other studies. There may be 15 billion warm, Earth-sized worlds in our galaxy alone."

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  1. Re:MITT ROMNEY 2012! MITT ROMNEY 2012! MITT ROMNEY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    None of that is any less sensical that believing all the other stories about Jesus. Water to whine, razing the dead, walking on water, etc.

  2. Re:MITT ROMNEY 2012! MITT ROMNEY 2012! MITT ROMNEY by Nadaka · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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