Research group proposes first system for assessing the odds of life on other worlds
Monday, November 21, 2011 - 11:01
in Astronomy & Space
Within the next few years, the number of planets discovered in orbits around distant stars will likely reach several thousand or more. But even as our list of these newly discovered "exoplanets" grows ever-longer, the search for life beyond our solar system will likely focus much more narrowly on the relatively few of these new worlds which exhibit the most Earth-like of conditions.