The NEW equation that will estimate the number of detectable, advanced, extraterrestrial civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy.

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N = N*FQ*FHZ*FO*FL*FS

Such That:

1: The average number of stars to form per year in the galaxy.
2: The fraction of those stars that form planets.
3: The fraction of those planets that could support life.
4: The fraction of life-supporting planets that form life.
5: The fraction of those living planets that develop intelligent life forms.
6: The fraction of those intelligent life forms that develop technology.
7: The average lifetime of a communicating species; in other words how long a civilisation will use radio technology, leaking signals into space for us to hear.