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Published online 14 May 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020513-3
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Odds on aliens
One in three planets like Earth probably harbour life.
If there are other planets like Earth out there, at least one in three probably harbours life, say two physicists in Australia. If life can arise on planets unlike ours, then the odds on finding life are even more favourable.
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