Why the Aliens Want Earth
Category: SCIENCE
You've got to wonder what would motivate creatures from other worlds to suffer a journey of hundreds of trillions of miles to visit our planet? Why bother? I've been asked this question at least a half-dozen times by Hollywood writers, and the best answer I can muster is "I don't know."
By Seth Shostak, ContributorSenior Astronomer, SETI Institute, 2014-07-31