I wouldn't get one's hopes up too much. If life was found I would expect more
high level people involved.
Note the first paragraph:
"NASA will hold a news conference at 2 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 2, to discuss
an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of
extraterrestrial life. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution,
distribution and future of life in the universe. "
Specifically 'will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life'
with "search" being the word that stands out to me.
Astrobiology covers many disciplines including physics, chemistry, astronomy,
biology, molecular biology, ecology, planetary science, geography and geology.
This announcement could involve any one of more than one of these.
While I still think the announcement will be of an interesting finding, I
suspect anyone expecting the announcement that fossils were found in a
meteorite, or anywhere else, will be sorely disappointed.
"Embargoed details" is not suspicious in the least. It is a common term used to
say that information will not, or should not be released by those involved
until official publication. In this case publication will no doubt occur
coincident with the press conference.
--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
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