X-O-Planet Ping!.........................
“Ironically, the bounty was made possible when the Kepler space telescope’s pointing system broke.
In its initial mission, Kepler surveyed a specific patch of sky in the northern hemisphere, measuring the frequency with which planets whose sizes and temperatures are similar to Earth occur around stars like our sun. But when it lost its ability to precisely stare at its original target area in 2013, engineers created a second life for the telescope that is proving remarkably fruitful. “
Awesome!
I always hated that it was designed to only point in one direction. It seemed like it was a potential waste to not just find as many as possible in other parts of the sky.
Anyone not surprised?
cool
Shiny
Science has brought nothing but a series of demotions.
No reason to expect otherwise.
Unfortunately, the original problem still stands... how do we reach them?
To me this process seems pointless when we aren’t devoting enough time to space travel. The spirit of European explorers and American pioneers needs to be tapped into again so we can get people out there traveling to see what is really out there instead of just theorizing and making a best guess.
Those observatories look like they are filming Mystery Science Theatre 3000.
Freegards
This explains how the planets were arranged. Really........
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo9eSzqn2yI
If warp drive was invented tomorrow, by next week people would leave to get away from our crappy government...