Foreign Planet In Sight!
So seems like we got a planet really close to us, 25 trillion miles close… which isn’t too bad considering there could be planets 50 or maybe 100 trillion miles away. I’d say this is something interesting if you’re into science that is, I mean with all the hubbub about last night’s debate between the current President and the other candidate, this got blown off. It’s educational and I think it’s somewhat newsworthy because it informs readers that there maybe alien life out there. It shows that there are more planets that we could potentially explore and expand our knowledge about the universe. However, I guess this story could also be un-newsworthy because depending on the audience, some may find this boring and a waste when the writer could be covering a story about the debate or some catastrophe or epidemic in a third world country. I think the writer could make the story more interesting if he had more quotes from the astronomers maybe ask them if it’s possible to make a spacecraft similar to Sputnik to travel down further into the Milkyway to discover more planets for us.