Wouldn't "interesting" be an understatement?Just yesterday NASA announced that they have discovered five new solar systems in the Milky Way. They also announced that they have identified more than 700 bodies that could potentially be new planets. These discoveries come just six weeks into their current mission.
http://www.ecanadanow.com/curiosity/...sible-planets/
Not especially - the existence of planets orbiting other stars has been known for quite a while, so adding some more to the count is routine.Originally Posted by bindeweede
What would be interesting would be the discovery of a planet, within the habitable zone around a star, which exhibits signs of a potentially breathable atmosphere, but that would be very difficult to determine with current instruments.
NASA announced that they have discovered five new solar systems in the Milky Way
"Interesting" would be if they announced that they'd found a planet outside the Milky Way!
Ya, there are so many stars out there as long as our technology continues to rise we will discover more and more planets over time and soon maybe even life.
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