A group of international astronomers and astrobiologists have published new research that assesses the possibility of complex life on other worlds. Their calculation in the Milky Way alone is staggering: 100 million worlds in our home galaxy may harbor complex alien life. One. Hundred. Million.

It is a lot—although maybe a bit disappointing when you consider that a there are 17 billion Earth-sized worlds in our galaxy alone and b these worlds are likely to be too far away from us unless we can get a warp drive. Also keep in mind that, according to the authors, “this study does not indicate that complex life exists on that many planets […] only the conditions to support [complex alien] life.”

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