"There Better Be Some Goddamn Aliens in This Solar System Loaded With Earth-Sized Planets"

That's the headline at Motherboard and I'm coming around to their way of thinking.
It's starting to feel like NASA's core competence has become media teases leading up to press conferences.

From Motherboard:

A newly discovered seven-planet system is our “best bet” for finding life.

A tiny star just 39 light years away, a mere stone's throw in cosmic terms, hosts seven Earth-sized planets, according to new research published in Nature. At least six of them appear to be rocky and temperate. Some could potentially have liquid water at the surface, and by extension, the right ingredients for life....MORE 

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I chatted exoplanets and space visualisation embellishment for PR effect with @clivecookson https://t.co/XhBVwpTXvf

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