Astronomy / Space First Earth-sized exoplanet in habitable zone confirmed

[The Space Pirate]

I wonder how long before we finally figure out and enable ourselves to actually get going..... Because it's there.

That's our nature, and unless we fratricide ourselves we will eventually find the key.

Yep; the key is not to blow ourselves up. If we can avoid doing that, the human race can do anything.

 

[zexpe]

For anyone interested there's a nice explanation here of the thought process that went into the design of how the artist's impression of Kepler-186f should look. Has some relevancy for terrestrial planet design in Elite: Dangerous.

http://www.tombarclay.com/blog/2014/04/how-we-designed-the-kepler-186f-artistic-concept/

There's now a Wired article on the topic of the science behind exoplanet artwork design:

http://www.wired.com/2014/05/artist-rendering-exoplanets