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“This interdisciplinary endeavor connects top research teams and provides a synthesized approach in the search for planets with the greatest potential for signs of life,” Jim Green, director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, said in a statement. “The hunt for exoplanets is not only a priority for astronomers, it’s of keen interest to planetary and climate scientists as well.

Interesting I guess a synthesized approach means working smart not hard?  The SETI program (search for extraterrestrial intelligence) was a thought provoking idea in there they sent messages to outer space and listened as well for incoming alien messages.

Some even think crop circles are alien messages who knows?  We hope you enjoy the video and are inspired to think of new ways to explore outerspace!

thanks to space.com for the writeup