AOL.com Video - 4.5 Billion Earth-Like Planets Discovered in the Milky Way Galaxy

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4.5 Billion Earth-Like Planets Discovered in the Milky Way Galaxy

Description:The Universe is big and it's unlikely that ours is the only habitable planet. A new study suggests that billions of alien planets, similar in size to Earth, are in our own Milky Way galaxy. Researchers have concluded that 6 percent of the galaxy’s red dwarf stars could host orbiting planets roughly the size of Earth. These planets could lie within their stars' habitable zone. (1:13)

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