"Promising hints of life on distant planet"

[Dioltach]

Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet K2-18b

Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.

www.bbc.com

"Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life." Indirect evidence, but quite a bit of a big deal nonetheless.

 

[Aeson]

They found alien farts.

 

[Ryujin]

The eggs have gone rotten.

 

[Aeson]

The eggs have gone rotten.

They're too expensive to waste. Shame shame.

 

[Morrus]

I love the line "124 light years, away from us - a distance far beyond what any human could travel in a lifetime".

That's the understatement of the century!

 

[aco175]

New million dollar idea. Space rockets with baby seats. Or, is everyone going the Ted Williams (a famous American baseball player) route and be cytogenetically frozen for 'someday'.

 

[Reynard]

I love the line "124 light years, away from us - a distance far beyond what any human could travel in a lifetime".

That's the understatement of the century!

Nah. At 99% c it is only a relative 18 years of travel.

 

[BookTenTiger]

I love the line "124 light years, away from us - a distance far beyond what any human could travel in a lifetime".

That's the understatement of the century!

This is why we need to start training brittlecone pines for space exploration!

 

[Morrus]

Nah. At 99% c it is only a relative 18 years of travel.

The fastest thing we have ever made is the (unmanned) Parker Solar Probe which reached 0.064% of c.

We ain’t going anywhere at 99% of c.

 

[payn]

New million dollar idea. Space rockets with baby seats. Or, is everyone going the Ted Williams (a famous American baseball player) route and be cytogenetically frozen for 'someday'.

Generational ship.