Comments on: Scientists now estimate that one in five sunlike stars have Earthlike planets in the habitable zone. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-now-estimate-that-one-in-five-sunlike-stars-have-earthlike-planets-in-the-habitable-zone/ Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:16:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-now-estimate-that-one-in-five-sunlike-stars-have-earthlike-planets-in-the-habitable-zone/#comment-118105 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 14:16:01 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=25747#comment-118105 The real question is how many have molten iron cores like Earth.

Without that they have no way of creating a magnetic shield around the planet that protects it.

There is a higher chance of the planet having an atmosphere than a magnetic core but it needs both for higher forms of life to live there.

]]> By: mpthompson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/scientists-now-estimate-that-one-in-five-sunlike-stars-have-earthlike-planets-in-the-habitable-zone/#comment-117999 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 04:47:06 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=25747#comment-117999 1 in 5? I would take 1 in 100. That would still mean 10s of millions in our galaxy alone.

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