"On The History and Future of Cosmic Planet Formation"
This is extremely relevant to my interests.
I'd be interested in an extrapolation of their model of planet formation into the future. It imputes Earth as having formed after 80% of currently existing terrestrial planets and 50% of giant planets. What will the figure be in 5 gigayears when star formation ceases in our galaxy?
What will the figure be in 5 gigayears when star formation ceases in our galaxy?
I'm not sure about our galaxy, but don't they calculate the net across all planets and estimate the earth is in the 8th percentile of all planets (ie early)? That was the headline result which made Robin Hanson tweet about it, which is how it caught my interest.
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