Scientists Estimate Tens Of Billions Of Earth Like Planets Are In Our Galaxy

New data from the European Southern Observatory's HARPS (Thrill Precision Radial march Gravel Searcher) planet-hunting psychiatrist suggests in attendance may perhaps be tens of billions of Earth-like planets in our galaxy.

Astronomers analyzing this new data recite that give or take a few forty percent of red dwarf stars in the Vague Way galaxy may clutch Earth-sized planets orbiting them also the authorize setting for life. Red dwarfs give rise to adjacent eighty percent of the stars in the galaxy, and, according to "Wired.com", their primacy means "that in attendance are tens of billions of whatsoever spaces to advent for life more than Orb, also at least 100 such planets positioned end."

Artists dimple of evening on Gliese 667 Cc. (Credit: ESO/L. Calcada)Participating in this recent worth of red dwarf stars, scientists revealed a planet in the Gliese 667 triple bead system. This is the spark planet revealed in that system, and has been named Gliese 667 Cc. The planet is situated award the center of the habitable zone, and, according to astronomers, it "about reliable has the authorize setting for the existence of mix water on its happen." Gliese 667 Cc is the spark super-Earth planet positioned in the habitable zone of a red dwarf bead revealed fashionable this HARPS worth. The first was Gliese 581d, which was acknowledged in 2009.

Similar to supervisor information opportunity in from ESO's HARPS and NASA's Kepler space psychiatrist, and current data regular to be analyzed by astronomers, unbelievable discoveries about our galaxy are sure to revolution supervisor broad. Each new discovery helps us determine supervisor about our creepy universe, and, maybe, brings us faster to detection extraterrestrial life.