There are some 100 million other places in the Milky Way galaxy that could support complex life, report a group of university astronomers in the journal Challenges. They have developed a new computation method to examine data from planets orbiting other stars in the universe.
Their study provides the first quantitative estimate of the number of worlds in our galaxy that could harbor life above the microbial level.
* Complex life doesn’t mean intelligent life – though it doesn’t rule it out or even animal life – but simply that organisms larger and more complex than microbes could exist in a number of different forms.
* This study does not indicate that complex life exists on that many planets. We’re saying that there are planetary conditions that could support it.
* Origin of life questions are not addressed
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Challenges - Assessing the Possibility of Biological Complexity on Other Worlds, with an Estimate of the Occurrence of Complex Life in the Milky Way Galaxy
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Their study provides the first quantitative estimate of the number of worlds in our galaxy that could harbor life above the microbial level.
* Complex life doesn’t mean intelligent life – though it doesn’t rule it out or even animal life – but simply that organisms larger and more complex than microbes could exist in a number of different forms.
* This study does not indicate that complex life exists on that many planets. We’re saying that there are planetary conditions that could support it.
* Origin of life questions are not addressed
Challenges - Assessing the Possibility of Biological Complexity on Other Worlds, with an Estimate of the Occurrence of Complex Life in the Milky Way Galaxy
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