Howdy Horace,
Whoa! most of what is reported is speculation. They start with a budget,
they report finding something they are unsure of but more money is needed
for more research..and on and on.
If these stargazers sound like BL Power it is because they are all cut from
the same bolt of cloth. These are the sort of people created in petre dishes
and cultured at our universities to produce mush they describe as research.
The "wizard" in the movie Wizard of Oz renders a definitive homily on the
matter as he confers a degree of E Pluribus Unim upon the strawman.
Richard