Scientists estimate there could be 60B habitable planets in the Milky Way

Scientists estimate there could be 60 billion planets in the Milky Way alone within habitable zones capable of supporting life.

Considering the vast number of galaxies, researchers estimate about 50 sextillion potentially habitable planets in the universe, making Earth one of many candidates for hosting life.

That's right -- we're not as special as we thought. It turns out that in the Milky Way, scientists now believe that there are 60 billion planets in the habitable zone . The habitable zone is located where a planet is warm enough to keep water on the surface in liquid form without it turning into gas [source: Gannon]. The planets must be near a star or have cloud cover that keeps moisture locked in. With hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way, there are a lot of habitable zones out there.

We already know one of those planets has intelligent life

are you sure? Because I almost seriously posted "which one?"

That's right -- we're not as special as we thought. It turns out that in the Milky Way, scientists now believe that there are 60 billion planets in the habitable zone. The habitable zone is located where a planet is warm enough to keep water on the surface in liquid form without it turning into gas

why do people prefer the theory that intelligent life is so rare that humans are alone?

I assume by life they mean Earth-like, but I wonder how many would be suitable for humans? As I understand, we would suffocate if we travelled to the Dinosaur times.

I like how we are constantly looking for habitable planets but we wont take care of the perfect one we are on currently

Yeah, the odds of finding a planet suitable for humans with the same atmosphere are slim to none. Terraforming would kill off the native life. We're stuck here until the sun swallows the planet.

And it is designed that if there are multiple planets with intelligent life, the species would forever be too far away to contact each other.

why do people prefer the theory that intelligent life is so rare that humans are alone?

I hope none of those planets have the kind of "intelligent" life that develops a dumbass religion that states them to be God's chosen species.

Yeah, the odds of finding a planet suitable for humans with the same atmosphere are slim to none. Terraforming would kill off the native life. We're stuck here until the sun swallows the planet.

I like how we are constantly looking for habitable planets but we wont take care of the perfect one we are on currently

I don't think scientists are looking for them so we humans can move to them, though. These scientists aren't climatologists or involved in environmental policy.