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discovery, we're joined by a planetary exforget. thank you so much for joining us. so everyone is really excited about 1061 c, in the scientific community. what makes it so special. >> what we have now is a statistical idea that planets are very common. nasa has found almost 2000 planets in the last 20 years. so we have a statistical idea they should be common. we now have the technology to start looking at our nearest neighbors and start identifying which particular nearby stars have planets and those are going to be the easiest ones to follow up, to look for signs of life possibly and to get a more detailed understanding of their properties. >> so what you're saying is this gives you a place to look? >> gives us a place to look. >> soo if there is life on this planet, take a guess, what does it look like? >> the simplest thing sit's going to be pond scum. primitive life is all we can really say with any certainty