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Are Earthlings an 'invasive species' soon to be exterminated by a technologically advanced race of beings?

Are Earthlings an 'invasive species' soon to be exterminated by a technologically advanced race of beings?

2012-03-31
Source: Natural News


An important new study in the realm of astrophysics has revealed that up to 40 percent of red dwarfs (a type of star or "sun") may harbor a large Earth-like planet orbiting at just the right distance to support life as we know it. The study was led by Dr Xavier Bonfils of theGrenoble University in France.

Why is this a big deal? Because the number of stars in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is believed to contain from 200 to 400 billion stars. Each of those stars is a "sun" to its local solar system, and an estimated 70% to 90% of those stars are red dwarfs. (See sources below.)

Let's do the math on this, using the most conservative numbers: 200 billion stars in the Milky Way, 70% of them are red dwarfs, and 40% of those contain an Earth-like planet orbiting within the habitable zone. That number comes to56 billion planetsthat may harbor lifein our own galaxy alone!(Not to even mention all the other billions of galaxies which are much farther away.)

Some of those potentially life-harboring planets are practically next-door neighbors in a galactic sense: As many as 100 such planets may exist within just30 light yearsof Earth.

Again, why does this matter?.....






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