So if we set the chances for intellegent life at 1 in a billion, then there would be around 10,000 intellegent civilizations? Now all we have to do is deal with the time/distance issues and we are all set. Not bad.
Joe L On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 08:58, LARRY KLAES wrote: > Sept. 25, 2003 — The chances of Earth being alone in the universe just > got a whole lot smaller, as astronomers have dramatically raised the > estimate on how many planets are out there. > > The new estimate is based on calculations carried out by Charles > Lineweaver and Daniel Grether at the University of New South Wales. > Their findings, soon to be published in the Astrophysical Journal, > estimate that at least 25 percent of Sun-like stars have planets. > > "This means there are at least 100 billion stars with planets in our > Galaxy," Lineweaver said. "With about 100 billion galaxies in the > observable universe, our result suggests that there are at least 10 > trillion planetary systems in the Universe." > > > http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20030922/universe.html > > > > == You are subscribed to the Europa Icepick mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Project information and list (un)subscribe info: http://klx.com/europa/
