Report says most stars in galaxy have planets in habitable zone

Yakima Herald Republic ^ | March 22, 2015 | Rachel Feltman, Washington Post

[GeronL]

Sounds like an idea to spawn a million scenarios

[JimSEA]

By what. We can’t begin to tell just yet. Uninhibited is a large assertion.

[SunkenCiv]

What’s the link for that online planetary system simulator game? Thanks!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for letting us in on your psychic powers.

[GeronL]

I managed to crash my laptop trying to figure out how to use that

[GeronL]

I do not think it qualifies as a game. Cool though. For a game, try Kerbal Space Program

[mikrofon]

Sounds like an idea to spawn a million scenarios

And a few Sci-Fi shows ...

[minnesota_bound]

#14 Einstein didn’t have the “time” to figure it out....

[DCBryan1]

All stars have a “habitable zone”. The trouble is that there just may not be a planet in a stable orbit within that zone with the right geology and atmospherics.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for self-identifying as a psychic.

[JimRed]

The calculations, which were produced by a group of researchers from the Australian National University and the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, are based on a method called the Titius-Bode law.

Calculations? Like the ones used to "prove" human-caused globlal warming? Color me skeptical but hopeful.

[SunkenCiv]

Titius-Bode is a mnemonic, at best, IMHO.