Astronomers: One in Five Sun-like Stars Could Have Earth-Like Habitable Planet
Billions and billions
The known odds of something—or someone—living far, far away from Earth improved beyond astronomers' boldest dreams on Monday.
Astronomers reported that there could be as many as 40 billion habitable Earth-size planets in the galaxy, based on a new analysis of data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft.
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Surely ONE of them has developed a stable anarchocapitalist society.