As Many as Six Billion Earth-Like Planets in Our Galaxy

June 16th, 2020

Via: PhysOrg:

“My calculations place an upper limit of 0.18 Earth-like planets per G-type star,” says UBC researcher Michelle Kunimoto, co-author of the new study in The Astronomical Journal. “Estimating how common different kinds of planets are around different stars can provide important constraints on planet formation and evolution theories, and help optimize future missions dedicated to finding exoplanets.”

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One Response to “As Many as Six Billion Earth-Like Planets in Our Galaxy”

  1. Dennis says:
    June 16, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    A further question is how many of those have decent magnetic fields.

    https://www.apexmagnets.com/news-how-tos/the-magnetic-fields-of-our-solar-system/

    https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-investigates-invisible-magnetic-bubbles-in-outer-solar-system

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