Bayesian Analysis Rains On Exoplanet Life Parade

Is there life on other planets, somewhere in this enormous Universe? That's probably the most compelling question we can ask. A lot of space science and space missions are pointed directly at that question. The Kepler mission is designed to find exoplanets, which are planets orbiting other stars. More specifically, its aim is to find planets situated in the habitable zone around their star. And it's done so. The Kepler mission has found 297 confirmed and candidate planets that are likely in the ...