I don’t understand the incessant hope for life on other planets. I just don’t get it. Lots of work, money, and emotion is wrapped up in this pursuit.
I’m not sure that the average American understands that it would take 100 years to reach the nearest star.
And it would take 26 million years to reach Kepler-452b (“Earth-2”).
Such a waste of time and resources.
NASA telescope finds 10 more planets that could have life
UPDATED: Mon., June 19, 2017, 1:03 p.m. WASHINGTON – NASA says its planet-hunting telescope has found 10 new planets outside our solar system that are likely the right size and temperature to potentially have life on them.