Judging by the the first individual in the press release, Michael Gillon of the University of Liege, this may have something to do with their discovery published last year in Nature [1] on terrestrial planets with moderate surface temperatures ("temperate") around low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. All very nearby at less than 12 parsecs to boot! This article was on the front page of HN last year, and was discussed qui…
NASA to Host News Conference on Discovery Beyond Our Solar System
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#23Judging by the the first individual in the press release, Michael Gillon of the University of Liege, this may have something to do with their discovery published last year in Nature [1] on terrestrial planets with moderate surface temperatures ("temperate") around low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. All very nearby at less than 12 parsecs to boot! This article was on the front page of HN last year, and was discussed qui…
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#24Exoplanets, according to the article. Interesting but probably not world-shaking.
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#26Is this NASA trying to build up some buzz in hopes of avoiding massive defunding by our clown car administration?
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#28http://eyes.nasa.gov/eyes-on-exoplanets.html
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#29It's not aliens.
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#30Judging by the the first individual in the press release, Michael Gillon of the University of Liege, this may have something to do with their discovery published last year in Nature [1] on terrestrial planets with moderate surface temperatures ("temperate") around low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. All very nearby at less than 12 parsecs to boot! This article was on the front page of HN last year, and was discussed qui…
Less than a Kessel Run eh?