Changing gears from yesterday, NASA is set to announce a new finding from Kepler its plant-hunting satellite tomorrow at 2pmEDT. That in itself isn’t what’s peaking people’s attention. The press conference includes its usual assembly of astronomers (including someone from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute), but, oddly also includes someone from Industrial Light & Magic, a division of Lucas Film. Whatever they’re announcing–I assume, or maybe just hope, it’s going to be the discovery of an Earth-like planet–it should be interesting.

Here’s Carl Sagan, of course, on the search for extraterrestrial life: