We‘re awash in planets where 17 years ago astronomers weren’t even sure there were planets” outside our solar system. Can't wait for a time when we can go exploring all those cool planets, but we may have to wait for our Savior to come first. :)
Popular Science reports one expert not involved in the study as saying there could be even more:
“Planets are like bunnies; you don’t just get one, you get a bunch,” said Seth Shostak, a senior astronomer at the SETI Institute who was not involved in this research. “So really, the number of planets in the Milky Way is probably like five or 10 times the number of stars. That’s something like a trillion planets.”
No comments:
Post a Comment