NASA to announce great discovery May 14th

NASA - NASA to Announce Success of Long Galactic Hunt

Sounds rather important.

I was honestly expecting to get rick-rolled.

I can't exactly comment, because for all I know they call press conferences like this all the time. Proof of alien life? I don't think that's only been looked for for 50 years.

It's got to be the Klingon race.

I bet it'll end up being something only astronomy buffs get excited about.

It's a big space rock make of some useless element. I'll call it now.

Its prob another planet like earth some 100.000 lightyears away from us.. like we'd ever get there.

Shergar

The only thing that I can think we ever REALLY look for and care about is like... maybe some bacteria on some random planet we'll never get too.

I'm going for, either something to prove life on something other than earth, OR something that really won't effect us in anyway, like.. finding some kind of neato rock, or some random planet that we'll never get too.. (Finding life on another planet would throw a good number of people for a loop)

I told you the moon was made of cheese.

Dark matter seems a likely possibility here.

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The only thing that I can think we ever REALLY look for and care about is like... maybe some bacteria on some random planet we'll never get too.

I'm going for, either something to prove life on something other than earth, OR something that really won't effect us in anyway, like.. finding some kind of neato rock, or some random planet that we'll never get too.. (Finding life on another planet would throw a good number of people for a loop)

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If it where life on another planet, I'm sure they'd already of told us, since it's a very big matter.

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The only thing that I can think we ever REALLY look for and care about is like... maybe some bacteria on some random planet we'll never get too.

I'm going for, either something to prove life on something other than earth, OR something that really won't effect us in anyway, like.. finding some kind of neato rock, or some random planet that we'll never get too.. (Finding life on another planet would throw a good number of people for a loop)

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If it where life on another planet, I'm sure they'd already of told us, since it's a very big matter.

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True.

I guess it wouldn't be something THAT life changing.

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Dark matter seems a likely possibility here.

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Its not a rock, but it seems like the only useful thing.. at least to me..

actually.. now im kinda excited at the possibility :)

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Dark matter seems a likely possibility here.

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I think this might just be it.

My friend informs me that the most likely observation is that of a star that has recently gone supernova. There's a composite image from the telescope that seems to support that thesis. The last time this happened they just missed it, an event that occurred in the 50's or 60's, which would be consistent with the 50 year gap thing.