Arneb wrote:Over here, it has just been placed on the no. 1 spot of Der Spiegel's website.
Just to make the point, this is certainly an unusual discovery, and I have no doubt it was made by lots of hard, excellent work by top-notch people in their field. It is also interesting for the general public, as it makes a good case for the search for extraterrestrial life. It's certainly worth a press release.
But "major"? I'd consider ozone in an extraterrestrial atmosphere "major", or a "real" twin of Earth in the habitable zone. But this? Don't you have it one size smaller? As the Berliner says.
But you knew I'd be saying that.
Again this again.