If Earthlings decide to go planet-hopping in the future, scientists believe there will be plenty of safe landing spots that sustain life.

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In this handout illustration made available on December 5, 2011 by NASA, the Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star is digitally illustrated.

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There could be as many as 60 billion habitable planets , according to a SPACE.com report. Using data collected by the Keplarspacecraft, scientists believe there could be at least one planet orbiting each red dwarf star that's relatively close to the size of Earth and may sustain life.

Red dwarfs are the most common type of star, according to the report. Because they're smaller than our sun -- a yellow dwarf -- planets would need to maintain a much closer distance to its parent star to stay warm enough to sustain life.

The number of habitable planets increased so dramatically because of a new model showing , according to an LA Times story. The model was created by scientists from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago.

The team's discovery will be easy to test when the James Webb Space Telescope is launched in five years, adds the report.

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