There are hundreds of billions of stars in our galaxy that we can see. There are hundreds of billions of galaxies in the universe that we can see. What are the odds that one of them has a rock orbiting a star?
What are the odds that one of them has a rock orbiting a star?
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The statistic I heard is that every star has at least one planet, times trillions of stars, across billions of years.
I think you can kiss off complex life on planets and star systems like this. With a star this cool, the habitable zone must be very close to the star to have liquid water. This means the plane is in tidal lock - one side always faces the star - much like only one side of our moon faces Earth. Basically, this means one side only is hot, the other never sees the light of day and is very cold, and where they meet is an area of violent weather.
A crappy place to live.