[SunkenCiv]

An illustration of an exoplanet like the one Kepler detects by monitoring dips in a star’s brightness, caused by orbiting planets. New research shows most stars in the galaxy have so-called "Goldilocks planets," which sit in the habitable zone. Illustrates GALAXY (category a), by Rachel Feltman (c) 2015, The Washington Post. Moved Wednesday, March 18, 2015. (MUST CREDIT: ESO.)

[GeronL]

That is good but they also need to be able to keep their atmosphere unlike Mars. Then we can think about colonization or conquest.

[cripplecreek]

Love this space engine simulator. I’ve been exploring the Sombrero Galaxy for weeks. Its fantasy but its still very cool.

http://en.spaceengine.org/

[GraceG]

Step 1. Invent Warp Drive
Step 2. Escape from Liberals on Earth
Step 3. Laugh as earth slides back into pre-industrial chaos
Step 4. Realize this has happened before in the past
Step 5. Meet up and say Hello to our smarter human ancestors that have colonized other planets.

[EGPWS]

I'm on my way, I have over 5 weeks of vacation to kill!!

What better way to spend it than to hit the beach on another planet?

[TChad]

A new life awaits you in the Off-World Colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure.

[TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed]

And not a one of them are inhabited...

[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.

[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.