This planet, located near the centre of the Milky Way about 20,000 light years from us, is just one of the 40,000 which could be harbouring intelligent lifeFrom Daily Mail:
Science’s quest to discover life on Mars has so far failed to find even one little green man.
But not to worry. Aliens could be alive and well on almost 40,000 other planets.
Researchers have calculated that up to 37,964 worlds in our galaxy are hospitable enough to be home to creatures at least as intelligent as ourselves.
Astrophysicist Duncan Forgan created a computer programme that collated all the data on the 330 or so planets known to man and worked out what proportion would have conditions suitable for life.
The estimate, which took into account factors such as temperature and availability of water and minerals, was then extrapolated across the Milky Way.
Three scenarios of how life could develop were also taken into account.
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