We’re so, so lucky that life on Earth has survived for this long

[Mike Wehner]

• Scientists have spent an incredible amount of manpower attempting to determine what conditions support life, and why Earth is so perfect for living things.
• Now, a researcher simulated 100,000 planets to try to determine how lucky we are that Earth has remained habitable for as long as it has.
• As it turns out, we're incredibly fortunate that Earth seems to have a habit of returning itself to habitability even after catastrophic events.

This should go without saying, but just in case you haven't considered it in a while, I'll go ahead and mention it: We're really, really lucky to be living on Earth. Earth, as far as we know, is the only planet to ever have supported life, and it's done so for billions of years. That's an incredible achievement and one that puts Earth in a group of one.

Now, that's not to say that life on Earth has always had it easy. In fact, our planet has faced many extinction-level events during its tenure as a bastion for life. However, it has always managed to bring things back into a sort of even-keeled state. Sure, it might have taken millions and millions of years for that to happen, but it always happened fast enough that life could hang on and thrive once more. Now, a scientist has taken it upon himself to see just how lucky we are that Earth has survived for this long without life being snuffed out completely, and the data is incredibly interesting.

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