NASA is holding a major press conference after planet-hunting breakthrough

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#1

@Chordwainer, is this as major as they’re making it sound?

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#2

Hey! They’ve finally found the rest of my people.

#3

Too big of news for the Science Nerdliness thread! The “holy grail” … :sushing_face: Kind of ironic they’re using artificial intelligence to find (possibly) biological intelligence. Better living through technology. “E … T … phone … Kepler!” :alien:

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#4

Here’s the NASA announcement, with weblink to the live conference Thursday.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-hosts-media-teleconference-to-announce-latest-kepler-discovery

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#5

The press conference was okay, but I guess I was expecting a little more exciting news. :persevere: They just talked about the AI stuff and how it found the two planets that humans couldn’t. Wonderful. Now where are the damn aliens??? :crazy_face:

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#6

Yawn…

#7

Yeah, this was very underwhelming. It’s a significant process improvement, sure, but not all that hypeworthy.

At least it wasn’t yet another “we found water on Mars!” release… :roll_eyes:

water on mars

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