Exploring Habitable Planets in the Milky Way

What is the estimated number of potentially habitable planets in the Milky Way according to recent research?

• 1 billion

• 300 million

• 500 million

• 100 million

Which two space missions are mentioned as crucial for discovering habitable planets?

• Cassini and Juno

• Hubble and Voyager

• Apollo and Gemini

• Kepler and Gaia

What method did the Kepler mission use to identify planets?

• Spectroscopy

• Transit method

• Direct imaging

• Gravitational lensing

What is the Goldilocks Zone?

• A region where conditions are just right for liquid water

• A zone where planets are too hot to support life

• A zone where planets are too cold to support life

• A region where stars are densely packed

What is the conservative success rate used to estimate the number of habitable worlds in our solar system?

• 10 percent

• 15 percent

• 7 percent

• 5 percent