article_snippet.sent: There at least 200 billion Earth-like planets in our galaxy – and now Nasa officials claim our could be on the verge of finding life on one of Nasa officials.
article_snippet.sent: In their hunt for alien life, astronomers have so far focused on looking for Earth-like planets around smaller, cooler suns.
article_snippet.sent: But these exoplanets - despite having a chance of holding water - are believed to be locked in a rotation around these exoplanets - despite having a chance of holding water sun which causes only one side of these exoplanets - despite having a chance of holding water surface face the star.
article_snippet.sent: Now astronomers claim that such exoplanets actually rotate around astronomers stars, and spin at such a speed that astronomers exhibit a day-night cycle similar to Earth – increasing the chance of finding alien life.
article_snippet.sent: Planets with potential oceans could have a climate that is much more similar to Earth's than previously expected,' said Jérémy Leconte, a postdoctoral fellow at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) at the University of Toronto. '
article_snippet.sent: If we are correct, there is no permanent, cold night side on exoplanets causing water to remain trapped in a gigantic ice sheet,' Jérémy Leconte, a postdoctoral fellow at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) at the University of Toronto said. '
article_snippet.sent: Whether this new understanding of exoplanets' climate increases the ability of these planets to develop life remains an open question.'
article_snippet.sent: 'Once we get beyond Mars, which formed from the same stuff as Earth, the likelihood that life is similar to what we find on this planet is very low,' Jérémy Leconte, a postdoctoral fellow at the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) at the University of Toronto said. '
highlights_snippet.sent: But the likelihood that life is similar to that on Earth is low, they said .
  