Life can exist on tens of thousands of planets

The Martian landings of automatic probes have not found any living creatures, but some British scientists still believe that nearly 38,000 planets in the universe can nourish life.

The planet, located in the Milky Way and about 20,000 light-years from Earth, is believed to be one of nearly 38,000 possible planets.Photo: Daily Mail.

Astronomer Duncan Forgan of Edinburgh University (Scotland) and colleagues created a computer program to analyze data about about 330 planets known to man. They care about factors such as temperature, availability of water and minerals. The team's goal is to understand how many planets can contain living organisms. They provide three life-forming scenarios and computational capabilities for each scenario.

The first scenario is built on the assumption: Life on planets has extremely difficult beginnings but grows quickly. With that assumption, the team found 361 planets that could be suitable for life. According to the second scenario, life starts easily but has many difficulties in the development process. The number of planets with this scenario amounted to 31,513.

The third scenario - whereby life can 'jump' from one planet to many other planets with the help of meteorites - shows that nearly 38,000 planets are eligible for life to form and play. development. And yet, extraterrestrial life does not exist as a single-celled form, but multicellular organisms have complex structures and thinking abilities like humans.

Dunca thinks that people will have to wait another 300-400 years to get in touch with other civilizations in the universe. He said: 'I believe that the universe has at least 361 civilizations. It can be civilizations like us or more advanced. However, the number of planets with life may be higher. We do not rule out any possibility, because most of the planets we know are born before the earth. '