Tens of billions of planets out there are like Earth, study finds

November 06, 2013 03:18

Ever have one of those days where you just wanna be alone, maybe have the planet to yourself? Well, based on sheer numbers, there may be a planet just for you.

Astronomers at the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Hawaii, using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, estimate there are tens of billions of Earth-size, possibly habitable planets in our Milky Way galaxy. Given that there just more than 7 billion of us on this planet, that means a planet for each of us with some spares for your picky neighbors.

Or a vacation planet or two for you, maybe. And the closest may be circling a star you can see if you look up into the heavens tonight.

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