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Astronomers Estimate Milky Way May Have 100 Billion Alien Worlds

Posted by samzenpus on from the that's-a-lot-of-away-missions dept.

astroengine writes "Last year, using the exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope as a guide, astronomers took a statistical stab at estimating the number of exoplanets that exist in our galaxy. They came up with at least 50 billion alien worlds. Today, astronomers from the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Md., and the PLANET (Probing Lensing Anomalies NETwork) collaboration have taken their own stab at the 'galactic exo-planetary estimate' and think there are at least 100 billion worlds knocking around the Milky Way."

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  1. Re:Plus minus 50 billion by Sla$hPot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey i've got a score of minus -1
    That's pretty insignificant compared to all those alien worlds out here :)
    You can do better than that asshole...Bring it on baby..who ever you are..LOL..hehe
    Mod me down..modderfokker

  2. Re:Plus minus 50 billion by mug+funky · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    you're really upset at being downmod for a two word post?

    something tells me you need to reinforce your ego somehow - it's looking a bit fragile.

  3. Re:Plus minus 50 billion by Sla$hPot · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, but i don't know how to do that.
    Could you please help me...friend?