Slightly surprised that nobody has mentioned this yet, but tomorrow at 13:00 EDT (18:00 BST, or 17:00 UTC) NASA will be holding a press conference about the latest Kepler/K2 discoveries.
Linky: www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-announce-latest-kepler-discoveries-during-media-teleconference
This could be the announcement of one or more nearby Earth-likes, but NASA have announced such discoveries before without need of a dedicated press conference. Perhaps it is supernova related, as that is something that Kepler's K2 mission is also looking at, but again why the need for a press conference?
There are the usual conspiracy nuts who are convinced that this will be an announcement confirming aliens, but that's not terribly likely (would be great, though!).
I think there's a possibility that they have found our fabled Planet X, for which evidence has been recently mounting. I believe that discovery would be within scope of Kepler's, uh, scope, even if it's not what the thing was designed to do.
Any other theories?
Linky: www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-announce-latest-kepler-discoveries-during-media-teleconference
This could be the announcement of one or more nearby Earth-likes, but NASA have announced such discoveries before without need of a dedicated press conference. Perhaps it is supernova related, as that is something that Kepler's K2 mission is also looking at, but again why the need for a press conference?
There are the usual conspiracy nuts who are convinced that this will be an announcement confirming aliens, but that's not terribly likely (would be great, though!).
I think there's a possibility that they have found our fabled Planet X, for which evidence has been recently mounting. I believe that discovery would be within scope of Kepler's, uh, scope, even if it's not what the thing was designed to do.
Any other theories?
