earth-like exoplanet – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:39:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Greg_Ladens_Blog_Favicon_black_GLb.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 earth-like exoplanet – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog 32 32 77525483 Earth like exoplanet story telling https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/02/23/earth-like-exoplanet-story-telling/ https://gregladen.com/blog/2017/02/23/earth-like-exoplanet-story-telling/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:39:49 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=23737 Continue reading Earth like exoplanet story telling →]]> As more and more exoplanets (at first) and earth-like exoplanets (eventually) have been discovered, the way thy are described to us has become increasingly sophisticated. Below are embeds of diverse video descriptions that have been very quickly developed and distributed given the freshness of this latest scientific discovery. Note that the practice of very clearly stating that a particular depiction of something that no human has ever seen, or will ever see, as being an artist’s reconstruction has largely fallen by the wayside. Exoplanets are no longer physical features of the universe occassionally glimpsed by astronomers with very fancy Big Science Gear. They are now stories, where almost all the details and even implications are made up.

From the Telegraph:

From the Guardian:

From NASA via CNN:

Additional small exoplanet discovered in alleyway:

Oh, no, wait, that’s a plastic bag, never mind.

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