Most Earth-like worlds still to come in future

See: Most earth-like worlds have yet to be born, according to theoretical study Earth came early to the party in the evolving universe. According to a new theoretical study, when our solar system was born 4.6 billion years ago only eight percent of the potentially habitable planets that will ever form in the universe existed. And, the party won't be over when the sun burns out in another 6 billion years. The bulk of those planets -- 92 percent -- have yet to be born. So we have one of the early entrants in the Earth-like world history of the universe. Suppose Earth-like worlds have much higher chance of giving birth to intelligent creators that create industrial civilizations. Seems plausible....

Source: FuturePundit - October 23, 2015 Category: Research Authors: Randall Parker Source Type: blogs