Claims of alien life are overhyped – and miss the real accomplishment

If you are the kind of person who monitors astronomical news-or keeps an eye on any news site-then you must have seen a story about the signal of foreign life on an exoplanet called K2-18B. The claim is controversial, but most of the coverage was positive. Problem, I think, Star trekOr any other science fiction that you can care for mentioning. Thanks to the budgets controlling television, we are used to be clear of aliens; They usually about 6 feet …