Weve found an Earthlike planet but what secrets does it holdIn Ben Bovas New Earth The world is thrilled by the discovery of an Earthlike planet Advance imaging shows oceans of liquid water and a breathable oxygen-rich atmosphere A human exploration team is dispatched to explore the planet now nicknamed New Earth The explorers understand theyre on a one-way mission The trip takes eighty years one way so even if they are able to return to Earth nearly two hundred years will have passed Their friends and family will be gone The explorers are not the best available they are expendable Upon landing on the planet they find a group of intelligent creatures who look like humans Are they native to this world or invaders Moreover the scientists begin to realize that the planet cannot be natural Rather could New Earth be an artifact.
