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The astronomer predicted life beyond Earth in '10 to 20 years

July 14 2014 Last updated at 16:56 BST clock

Nasa organize a meeting to discuss the search for life beyond Earth.

You observatories new discoveries about hundreds of other worlds in our galaxy.

Michael Merrifield Professor of Astronomy at the University of Nottingham, told 5 Live Breakfast, "probably in the next 10 or 20 years we will find life elsewhere."