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Re:Earth was born dry until a cosmic collision made it a blu... by mattmaroon on Saturday October 04, 2025 @02:42PM (#45475599)
If the numbers you propose turn out to be accurate then the odds of there being other life are near zero because even 1/1000 planets are not habitable likely.
Re:Earth was born dry until a cosmic collision made it a blu... by HarHarVeryFunny on Saturday October 04, 2025 @03:38PM (#45476034)
Huh? Even in the 1-in-a-trillion case, there's still maybe 1 trillion galaxies each with one planet that was struck by a water bearing comet, so even if only 1/1000 of those are otherwise habitable, that still leaves a billion habitable planets in the universe with water.

I doubt water (H2O) is actually that rare. The most common elements by far, both in our own galaxy and the universe as a whole, are Hydrogen and Helium, but the next two most common are Oxygen and Carbon.