Rare Jewel: Earth-like Planets May Be Very Rare

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 02-28-16 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[Slyfox]

Thank you for this post.

[Little Ray]

And without three enormous gas giants to act as brooms and a large moon (relative to the size of the earth) to act as shield, life on earth would probably be ‘reset’ on a regular basis.
The more I learn, the less I believe in a ‘random’ universe.

[Lower55]

“It’s finite.”

lmao

[NorthMountain]

We're the "Silent Planet".

[Mrs. Don-o]

I thought of that too!

[whodathunkit]

It’s finite.

Maybe so but it would take forever to prove it.

[minnesota_bound]

I resent this. -28 is the ideal temperature.

[Bidimus1]

That is of course still in debate. If it is finite and expanding what is it expanding into ? Its nearly metaphysics more than physics.

[Bidimus1]

There was a pretty good sci-book close to that “Dragons Egg” by Robert L. Foward the cirtters lived on the surface of a white dwarf if I recall

[Bidimus1]

Sir that is not true, there are Marine Guards :)

[cloudmountain]

Since the universe goes on forever, this rare occurrence may only consist of hundreds of trillions of inhabited planets. God’s wonders!

cloudmountainAMEN!

[cloudmountain]

I've been a trekkie since 1966!
I remember this BLUE alien life form. I kinda liked his horns.

[RobbyS]

We can only extrapolate from what we know. The Star Trek universe cannot exist, based on what we know. today.

[stars & stripes forever]

Thanks for the link. I’m going to buy it.

[NorthMountain]

I’m going to buy it.

I hope you find it to your liking. It's very different from most science-fiction.

[onedoug]

The Privileged Planet

[Coleus]

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Notice how the earth is singled out, because there is only one planet like it and only one planet created for Man, created in God’s Image.

There are no space aliens out there.