Author's Note

NOT FROM PLANETSHINE'S PERSPECTIVE

Interlude: Interstellar Discovery

'Linus,' a scientist said, 'We have found something absolutely groundbreaking.'

'What is it?' Linus asked, 'Is it just a new planet discovered?'

'No, no, no, something entirely different, we have evidence that there are more solar systems in space.'

'Hmm? No way, how do you know that?'

'Gilly, the surface sample Planetshine gave us signifies that the moon is from another star system.'

'What could it be, a star system, which one?'

'From all the information that we have, it could be a system called Alpha Centauri, one that is about 5 light years away from us.'

'Hmmm, interesting, we need to study more of it, send the probes.'

The space center sent up 2 probes, which were more like telescopes, and found something strange. The space telescope found a star, but the star had a strange thing near it. The thing was round and looked like another planet. The planet also had a smaller dot near that, and it looked like another planet, but it was more of a moon that could well support life.