Centennial Shock News Today

Have to get used to the fact that somebody could be staring back at us. were going to have an exist centennial shock when the results of the satellite announce they have found earth-like planets in space. >> larry: seth shostak, you buy it? >> of course i buy that. but look, i think what stephen hawking is saying were going to hear from them first. thats exactly what we try and do in the seti business. we have big antennas scanning the skies looking for civilizations that would be quite far away...

Day job, larry. dont sell the store. the aliens are not going to invade any time soon. i think what stephen is doing is giving us a wake-up call. the next few months to two years we have two satellites out there that are going to detect earth-like twins in outer space. maybe with liquid oceans, maybe with life on them. when we look at the night sky in the next few years, were going have to get used to the fact that somebody could be staring back at us. were going to have an exist centennial shoc...