I read when the news broke about the latest exoplanets, that scientists believe we'll be able to know if there's life on any of those worlds in about a decade or so. I'm not sure about that however -- I mean, we still can't confirm if there is life anywhere in our solar system yet, much less something light years away.
I hope they can do it, however. It was an exciting discovery. Those who follow it more closely -- am I accurately recalling that, in addition to the fact that the planets are so close together, that gravity impacts all of them from each other, that only one side of them faces the star?