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Best cosmic ‘cradles of life’ may be elliptical in shape

Giant galaxies may be home to 10,000 times as many Earthlike planets as spiral Milky Way

giant elliptical galaxy

GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD  The most likely galaxy to host habitable planets might be a giant elliptical such as ESO 325-G004 (pictured, center), which is about 450 million light-years away in the constellation Centaurus.

Hubble Heritage Team/STScI/AURA, NASA, ESA 

By Christopher Crockett

- More than 2 years ago

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