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The debate over whether or not there are earthlike planets outside our own solar system has raged for quite some time. Recently, in an effort to support that there are other planets capable of sustaining life as we know it, the necessary mathematical calculations, based on current knowledge about planet formation and stellar evolution, were made. The results supports that life on other planets is mathematically probable. Although, the calculations show that life should be on other planets, there is no strong empirical evidence to lend credence to this theoretical statement.

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2007-01-16 08:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by DanE 7 · 1 0

Planets are commonplace, as astronomers are finding out. There's reason to believe that earth-sized planets at about the right distance from the star for habitation aren't that rare. What's rare is the presence of oxygen, because oxygen is a reactive gas that needs to be replenished as part of some natural cycle. Biological life is one primary source of free oxygen, so how rare is biological life on a planet? No one really knows right now. Some say "extremely rare", others say, "hey, not as rare as you think".

2007-01-16 08:14:32 · answer #2 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 0 0

The very thought that we are the only life in the universe truly shows just how shallow and self contained our thinking is. There are literally hundreds of billions of planets in our system and any one of the can have life.Just because we can't go there or maybe they can't come here does not mean that we are it.


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2007-01-16 08:52:39 · answer #3 · answered by Sarcastic Gazette 2 · 0 0

there is a very low satisticly chance of there beiang a plant perfect for sustaing life if we where just a liitle closer of a farther from are stare we would fry of freeze.

2007-01-16 08:51:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

there are billions of galaxies, trillions of planets, chances are that at least one has the means for life

2007-01-16 08:13:41 · answer #5 · answered by kaiwii asian 1 · 0 0

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