I read the article. Scientists did not discover alien life. I even ventured to SETI Institute's site and they have no articles claiming to have found life. If so, the astrobiology community would be gung-ho about this and I could very easily access these published papers. Also, once these findings become reality, you'd expect world wide (and very fast) circulation of this information and you could easily link us to more credible academic resource than a 1 page article on Fox News online. Regardless, the article did give me a little excitement.
What this article is essentially saying is from the progress made in astrobiology and astronomical research, it has been extrapolated that scientists will find life in approximately 26 years. How they came to that number, I'm not sure. However, technology and discovery just in general is increasing at an almost exponential rate, which is tremendously exciting. Skeptical about their approximation, yes, but not super skeptical.
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