The reason, of course, was the news this week that
other planet hunters had identified a planet, Gliese 581g, with attributes suitable for harboring life (as we know it) orbiting a red dwarf star about 20 light years from Earth.
Not exact matches
Planet Hunters, meanwhile, puts citizen scientists to work analyzing readings from NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth - like
planets orbiting
other stars.
But after having some of their preconceptions shattered by the discovery of Jupiter - size
planets orbiting their stars in less than two days,
planet hunters are no longer so confident of the
others.
Before Kepler launched in 2009, most
planet hunters doggedly revealed new exoplanets (
planets orbiting
other stars) one by one, like anglers pulling individual fish from the sea.
Wanting eventually to leave the
planet, he summons two teams of bounty
hunters, one with grand, unctuous villain Santana (Jordi Molla) at the head, the
other led by Boss Johns (Matt Nable), who's out to figure out what happened to his son, the Cole Hauser character from Pitch Black.
Kalique (Tuppence Middleton) has hired a pair of
other bounty
hunters to nab Jupiter and transport her to Kalique's palace on an alien
planet so that they can discuss a contract agreement.
Some
other titles will be receiving DLC such as Insanely Twisted Shadow
Planet «s Shadow
Hunters which sets you back 400 MSP and Crimson Alliance «s Vengeance Pack which sets you back 240 MSP.
The
Planet Hunters: The Search for
Other Worlds.