Lars Buchhave discovered with using the Kepler telescope, I think.
Does that mean it's more likely that extraterrestrial life exists?
Does that mean it's more likely that extraterrestrial life exists?
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Not "just".
Planets, including Earth sized ones, have been getting "more common"
as techniques improve for quite a while.
Yes. More plantes = higher possibility for E.T. life.
Planets, including Earth sized ones, have been getting "more common"
as techniques improve for quite a while.
Yes. More plantes = higher possibility for E.T. life.
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Flatly put, yes.
20 years ago, we had no idea if *any* planets existed outside of the 9 (Pluto was a planet 20 years ago) that orbited our sun.
In 1995, when the first extra-solar worlds were found, this bolstered the idea that planets *did* exist around other stars. Now that more than 3,000 worlds have been found - including many that are rocky, Earth-type worlds, the likelihood of life existing in the cosmos has increased.
Not proved, not found - but the possibility is more credible.
20 years ago, we had no idea if *any* planets existed outside of the 9 (Pluto was a planet 20 years ago) that orbited our sun.
In 1995, when the first extra-solar worlds were found, this bolstered the idea that planets *did* exist around other stars. Now that more than 3,000 worlds have been found - including many that are rocky, Earth-type worlds, the likelihood of life existing in the cosmos has increased.
Not proved, not found - but the possibility is more credible.
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It's been mentioned in science magazines for decades, this is nothing new. It's just that now, we have confirmation.