A clever analysis of Kepler space telescope data suggests 'a great leap' toward the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe.
There's no place like home, but scientists now say that Earth-size planets orbiting sun-like stars in a so-called habitable zone are so common that there could be as many as 11 billion in the Milky Way alone.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/76WsvtKj9tQ/la-sci-earth-like-planets-20131105,0,2673237.story
There's no place like home, but scientists now say that Earth-size planets orbiting sun-like stars in a so-called habitable zone are so common that there could be as many as 11 billion in the Milky Way alone.
via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/76WsvtKj9tQ/la-sci-earth-like-planets-20131105,0,2673237.story
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