Even though Kepler is "on the shelf", the new information we have about our galaxy and the cosmos is just amazing. These conclusions from
Marcelo Gleiser blog post on NPR.org today:
Even if we are still like toddlers in our cosmic exploration, we can at
least rejoice in what we have learned so far: that there are hundreds of
billions of other planets in our galaxy alone (and their moons, making
for trillions of other worlds); that the same plurality is true in
hundreds of billions of other galaxies across space; that some of these
planets will have properties similar to Earth; that life, if present in
these worlds, will be very particular to each of them, dependent on the
planet's detailed and unique history; and that, for this reason, we are
unique in the Universe, a product of the Earth and its very unique
history.
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