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\nBy: Bill Watterson<\/p>\n
\nBy: Bill Watterson<\/p>\n
By Chris Ciaccia<\/strong><\/p>\n If extraterrestrial<\/a> civilizations exist, we may not have to go too far to find them.<\/p>\n A new study from researchers at the U.K.’s University of Nottingham suggests there are 36 planets in the Milky Way galaxy, a calculation the experts have dubbed “the Astrobiological Copernican Limit.”<\/p>\n \u201cThe classic method for estimating the number of intelligent civilizations relies on making guesses of values relating to life, whereby opinions about such matters vary quite substantially,” the study’s lead author, Tom Westby, said in a statement<\/a>. “Our new study simplifies these assumptions using new data, giving us a solid estimate of the number of civilizations in our Galaxy.”<\/p>\n \u201cThere should be at least a few dozen active civilizations in our Galaxy under the assumption that it takes 5 billion years for intelligent life to form on other planets, as on Earth,\u201d University of Nottingham professor Christopher Conselice added.<\/p>\n The researchers found that there were limits for finding intelligent life, including the average lifespan of a civilization, which can be less than 1,000 years, as well as the age of the planet and what the host star is comprised of.<\/p>\n “Furthermore, the likelihood that the host stars for this life are solar-type stars is extremely small and most would have to be M dwarfs, which may not be stable enough to host life over long timescales,” the researchers wrote in the study’s abstract.<\/p>\n The research has been published in The Astrophysical Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n If such a civilization were to exist, the closest one would be 17,000 light-years away, which the researchers noted would make the ability to find and communicate with them “very difficult,” given the state of our technology.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Marvin the Martian unavailable for comment. Read the entire article here: Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"