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Astronomers discover six planets orbiting a nearby sun-like star (www.washingtonpost.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In space that is nearby.

That was my point, Human scale vs astrophysical scale.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

100 ly is not in our local intersteller neighborhood. It is 3x farther than even Arcturus.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

100 ly is not in our local intersteller neighborhood.

Good thing I never said it was.

In space that is nearby.

Human scale vs astrophysical scale.