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Curious NASA Pre-Announcement

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the phone-gnome dept.

CrtxReavr was one of a small avalanche of readers to let us know about a press conference NASA scheduled for Thursday at 2pm to discuss an "astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life." I've heard rumors ranging from "proof of life on Titan" to "first contact," depending on how optimistic/crazy you are.

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  1. Titan seems plausible by bl8n8r · · Score: 5, Informative

    "NASA believes it has found vital clues that alien life does indeed exist on Titan, "
    http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978743812

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  2. Re:Ranging from proof of life to first contact? by Thelasko · · Score: 5, Informative

    It probably has to do with the recent discovery of oxygen on Saturn's moon Rhea.

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  3. Just idle speculation by Snowblindeye · · Score: 5, Informative
    It's funny how quick idle speculation turns into news. Apparently it all started with this blog post.

    He's now updated his post with a tweet from someone at Nasa that the press conference is not about proof of life:

    I'm sad to quell some of the @kottke-induced excitement about possible extraterrestrial life. I've seen the Science paper. It's not that