NASA alerts press about announcement of big finding

The search for extraterrestrial life is the topic of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration press conference planned for Thursday. In a move one would expect from a web-savvy business like Apple, National Aeronautics and Space Administration has scheduled a media event with a cryptic explanation that initiates a flurry of conjecture. Based on the list of scientists involved within the press conference, the announcement could possibly be about an astrobiology discovery that hints at the possibility of existence on nearby worlds.

NASA’s astrobiology finding

In a statement about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration press conference, the space agency said that it will announce an astrobiology discovery that will “impact the hunt for extraterrestrial existence.” There wasn't much more details that was released. A list of scientists attending the press conference was all. A geologist, an oceanographer, a biologist and an ecologist — scientists who are working on NASA astrobiology programs — will conduct a panel discussion. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration press conference will start at 2 p.m. EST at the agency’s headquarters in WA, D.C.

Is there life on Titan?

Amid all the speculation about the NASA press conference, an idea has emerged that National Aeronautics and Space Administration may have found evidence of existence on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. The group of scientists in attendance includes Pamela Conrad, an expert on geology as evidence of life on Mars. Also in attendance is Felisa Wolfe-Simon who’s an oceanographer. The element arsenic is known on Titan and is something she has written about along with photosynthesis. Titan's environment resembling earths is one thing Stephen Benner has written about as a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Biologist. James Elser is an ecologist with National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s astrobiology program specializing in the chemistry of environments conducive to existence.

NASA on the hunt to discover extraterrestrial existence

There have been a ton of discoveries within the extraterrestrial life search that NASA's press conference is following. In September a planet called Gliese 581g was discovered at a distance from its star called the Goldilocks Zone, a region where a planet could hold liquid water on its surface. On November 20 National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced the discovery of the 500th planet orbiting distant stars beyond our solar system. There’s a small section of space that has about 156,000 stars in it that may have 700 possible alien worlds which was found by the Kepler Mission.

Details from

Space.com

space.com/news/nasa-astrobiology-discovery-announcement-101130.html

Kottke.org

kottke.org/10/11/has-nasa-discovered-extraterrestrial-life

CBS News

cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20024158-501465.html