After a list of reasons why they are really not likely out there, and in spite of this:
Despite this broadening of the criteria for potentially habitable planets, not everyone is convinced that these new insights are particularly helpful in the search for worlds that might support life. There is a lot left to figure out, even for Earth, says Jonathan Lunine of the University of Arizona. "I don't think we really understand how or why the Earth has been habitable in its history and what the excursions from habitability really were," he says, "and until we do, it's hard to be anything but sceptical that some of these models are really going to inform the search."the New Scientist staff are keeping the faith that they are really, definitely out there ...
Faith is so touching ... I wish I could find them some extraterrestrials ...
See also:
Alfred Russel Wallace on why Mars is not habitable (and not much has changed)
Boldly go, but why, exactly?
Extraterrestrials: Several million UFOs later - the state of the question
Extraterrestrials: Younger astronomers less likely to believe than older ones?
So what if fossil bacteria are found on Mars? Polls show many Americans expect Star Trek!
Some scientists hope that the aliens are NOT out there!
Increase in UFO sitings in Canada - what's behind that?
