Exoplanet Radio - The Importance Of Gliese 581g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6_HooIJLNc


From Oct 12, 2010.


The fact that we've found a habitable planet candidate so soon
after starting our search has important implications for the
number of habitable planets that may exist in our galaxy - which
was estimated to be around 10 billion.  


 


Having found Gliese 581g so soon though, may mean one of two
things.  Either we were very lucky, or there are more
planets out there than we thought.  Based on this discovery,
it's possible that we may have many more habitable planets than
originally thought.  


 


Perhaps 20 to 30 billion stars in our galaxy may have conditions
suitable for life.


 


Music used:


https://archive.org/details/brokenkites_ctrl_alt_rmx


https://archive.org/details/Conventional_Space


 


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