Our Galaxy is FULL of Earth-Like Planets!

God is amazing isnt he?

 

gods a stupid lie that helps keep idiots in check.

I still say that astroscience and all other nonessentials should have its funding cut in favour of earth sciences
we need to refocus the planets human energy toward solving complex environmental issues -

 

Agreed!!!! Save space travel for when we are better prepaired to fight the Martians.

 

i bet that there are aliens out there, but what are the chances that they are so scientificly advanced that they are doing space travel

 

And maybe they are advanced enough for space travel, but just don't feel like it because they didn't mess their planet up.

 

haha that too

 

N is the number of civilizations in our galaxy, with which we might hope to be able to communicate;

N = R* * fp * ne * fl * fc * L

where,

R* is the average rate of star formation in our galaxy
fp is the fraction of those stars that have planets
ne is the average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planets
fl is the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop life at some point
fi is the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop intelligent life
fc is the fraction of civilizations that develop a technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into space
L is the length of time such civilizations release detectable signals into space.

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation

 

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe, is that so far none of it has tried to contact us. ~ Calvin & Hobbes

lol

 

im with depth! Get away from the BS that humans create!

Anyway, in all seriousness, this is really good news. I just really do hope that if we do find another planet with a capacity to hold human life, that we dont f-ck it up like we have definitely done this one!

I am hoping one day space travel will be as easy as us driving a car from new york to tokyo. ya know? exciting news!!!

Thanks Skip Good post!!

 

20 light years is still a long, long way away

 

I think any life on another planet is interesting enough. Intelligent or not.