1-in-700-Quintillion Kind of Place May 21, 2020
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Started by metmike - May 21, 2020, 12:57 a.m.

Earth May Be a 1-in-700-Quintillion Kind of Place

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/earth-may-be-a-1-in-700-quintillion-kind-of-place


That would be 1 in  700,000,000,000,000,000,000!


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By metmike - May 21, 2020, 1:09 a.m.
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We're the third rock from the sun

Solar System Montage

(Image credit: NASA)

Our home, Earth, is the third planet from the sun and the only world known to support an atmosphere with free oxygen, oceans of liquid water on the surface and — the big one — life. Earth is one of the four terrestrial planet: Like Mercury, Venus and Mars, it is rocky at the surface.