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1. Physics and Astronomy › Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

   Eta-Earth Revisited II: Deriving a Maximum Number of Earth-Like Habitats in the Galactic Disk

   Scherf, Lammer and Sproß · Astrobiology · 2024

   The paper estimates a maximum number of Earth-like habitats in the Galactic disk, finds them rare, and concludes this limits what can be inferred about how common complex life is.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper argues that the Copernican Principle cannot be used to infer that Earth-like complex animal-like life is common in the Galaxy.“The Copernican Principle therefore cannot be applied to infer that such life is common in the Galaxy.”