10 Billion Earths?
Researchers using data from NASA’s Kepler telescope, believe there could be Earth-like planets orbiting around 1 in 4 stars. That means there could be up to 10,000,000,000 planets like ours, in the Milky Way galaxy alone! Earth-sized planets of a habitable temperature, that orbit their stars at a distance that could support liquid water, aren’t that uncommon!
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