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Simulation Pinpoints the Most Likely Spots For Life In the Milky Way (sciencemag.org)

Posted by samzenpus on from the good-neighborhood dept.

sciencehabit writes: Our home galaxy isn't as hospitable to life as you might think. Cosmic radiation, supernova explosions, and collisions with small galaxies make much of the Milky Way too hellish for biology. But a detailed new simulation locates quiet and fertile cosmic neighborhoods, including a surprising locale: wispy streams of stars flung far beyond the main body of the Milky Way.

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  1. Re:Supernovae as risk by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 4, Funny

    On the other hand it is not difficult for life to screen strong cosmic radiation, such as in the ocean and deep in the earth crust where most of the biomass exists.

    And that's why I'm staying in the basement.

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