Alien Civilizations: Trillions Possible In Universe Says Report

by Patricia Ramirez
inquisitr.com

Since humans started looking up at the stars, it seems that our species has wondered about the possibility of alien civilizations. As science has advanced, as well as our ability to search the cosmos along with it, we have pursued the question with limitless zeal, but have yet to find an answer. Now, the search for alien civilizations has entered uncharted new territory. Last week, new research was published in the journal Astrobioloy that indicates that more planets than ever before believed could harbor advanced alien civilizations in the Milky Way alone.

The study was co-authored by Woodruff Sullivan and Adam Frank, and it investigated recent discoveries of “potentially habitable” exoplanets, looking into the odds of whether advanced alien civilizations could exist on them or could have existed in the past, reports the Huffington Post.

“What we showed was the ‘floor’ on the probability for a civilization to form on any randomly chosen planet. If we are the only civilization in cosmic history, then that what we calculated is the actual probability nature has set. But if the actual probability is higher than that floor, then civilizations have happened before.”

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