http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57357929-76/exoplanets-more-common-than-stars-galacti...

In Mathematics, we have a very general, very basic rule called "The Pigeonhole Principle." What it says, that if you have a finite number of holes, and you have more pigeons than holes, than at least one hole contains two pigeons.

Lots of planets. No surprise. In a life-providing universe lots of planets can support life.

Surprising here->ours is the only one we know of, but holy crap does it fire the imagination...

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57357929-76/exoplanets-more-common-than-stars-galacti...

In Mathematics, we have a very general, very basic rule called "The Pigeonhole Principle." What it says, that if you have a finite number of holes, and you have more pigeons than holes, than at least one hole contains two pigeons.

Lots of planets. No surprise. In a life-providing universe lots of planets can support life.

In Mathematics, we have a very general, very basic rule called "The Pigeonhole Principle." What it says, that if you have a finite number of holes, and you have more pigeons than holes, than at least one hole contains two pigeons.