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Study Suggests 10 Billion Habitable Planets in Milky Way

4/8/2025

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A groundbreaking study from ETH Zurich, spearheaded by Dr. Daniel Angerhausen, reveals that surveying 40-80 exoplanets without detecting life may suggest that only 10-20% of similar worlds could be habitable. This insight opens the door to the possibility of 10 billion life-sustaining planets in our Milky Way, urging scientists to enhance their search techniques and embrace the unknown.

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A groundbreaking study from ETH Zurich, spearheaded by Dr. Daniel Angerhausen, reveals that surveying 40-80 exoplanets without detecting life may suggest that only 10-20% of similar worlds could be habitable. This insight opens the door to the possibility of 10 billion life-sustaining planets in our Milky Way, urging scientists to enhance their search techniques and embrace the unknown.