This blows my mind.

[kevyn]

"Scientists have identified about 200 planets outside our solar system."

-- REUTERS, Scientists surprised by data about distant planets, 2007.02.22

Is anybody else as astonished at this number as I am?

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[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

They may be gas giants, but we know from our own experience gas giants are good for life... Jupiter swallows many a comet and asteroid that would otherwise threaten the inner planets. It may be true in these other systems as well.

So the presence of gas giants might not be such a bad thing. It gives us places to look.