With the help of the Kepler spacecraft, astronomers calculate the number of habitable Earth-like planets in the Goldilocks zone -- not too hot, not too cold.
Bottom line? There are 40 billion Earth like planets in our galaxy alone, and maybe 100 billion other galaxies.
ET is out there... |
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