Astronomers claim that there are about 50 sextillion planets as
! habitable as Earth
Astronomers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand have claimed that there are about 100 billion Earth-like and habitable planets in the Milky Way alone.
Evidence from powerful new telescopes and space probes in our solar system, they said, showed that water is more common than previously thought and that the organic building blocks of life are abundant on other planets.
And about the possibility of a huge number of habitable planets in other galaxies as well, cybersecurity expert Chuck Brooks told Forbes: If we multiply the 100 billion habitable planets in our galaxy by the 500 billion galaxies in the universe, you will estimate the number of habitable planets With 50 sextillion - one sextillion and in front of it 21 zeros - a planet similar to Earth in the universe.
Regarding the presence of aliens on these planets, Chuck said: "Some scientists now suggest that we may have contact with extraterrestrials within the next few decades... and what was science fiction yesterday is the reality of today."
"Contact with those outside our planet can cause panic and confusion, or it can serve to unite humans as a species, that's what we'll find out later," said Chuck, who lectures on homeland security technology in the United States.
"If we discover life elsewhere, it will certainly affect our belief systems, our religions and our culture," he added.
It is worth noting that the closest potentially habitable planet is 11.9 light-years away from Earth, meaning that the fastest spacecraft ever, Helios 2, which traveled at 43 miles per second, would take 51,000 years to get there. This is according to ExtremeTech magazine.
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