“If this is true, it’s the biggest news story of our lifetime.”
Do you really think so? As soon as one planet was discovered around one star anywhere outside the solar system, that meant our solar system is not a one off. And that means it was a virtual certainty that planets in the “habitable zone” would be found eventually.
This discovery is only that it’s possible the planet is neither freezing nor cooking and therefore might have liquid water.
It’s really only a matter of time before extraterrestrial life is discovered.
Boy am I excited.