[phantomworker]

Only a matter of time that we find an Earth like planet... Why? Please explain rationally why this suggestion by scientists must be true and I will try to believe it.

I second that question. Earth has a unique place in the solar system, actually a unique place in the universe.

But actually, if you think about it, in the grand scheme of things, the conditions on Earth might not be that unique. The possibility exists. LOL!

[frogjerk]

But actually, if you think about it, in the grand scheme of things, the conditions on Earth might not be that unique. The possibility exists. LOL!

I am trying to think about it an I'm not sure, nor have I been sufficiently persuaded, to believe the possibility exists. The odds for the conditions for earth to exist as it does now without being destroyed by a foreign body, burnt up by the sun, iced over, biologically destroyed, swallowed by a black hole, etc... is astronomical in and of itself. For two to exist with such a long shot maybe impossible with the amount of stars that are out there...Who knows?

[Salman]

Earth has a unique place in the solar system, actually a unique place in the universe.

That all depends on how like Earth a planet must be to be "earthlike".

As with the Neptune-like planet, about the right mass and composition in a stable orbit is enough.

In this context, Venus and Mars are "earthlike".